Phase: Infinite
For every story, there is always a beginning and for every story, there must always be a hero, in this case a heroine. This is the story of a certain red-haired girl who has grown into a fine young woman who just did that. This is her story on how she reunited with her lover.
The story begins with a world. Like any other world, this one could be deemed as normal, normal as one could possibly imagine with the use of the twenty first century technologies everywhere and fossil fuel still the main resource used to fuel everyday life, despite the advance in other fields on finding other renewable sources of energy.
It wasn't until the discovery of inter dimensional travel that leads to the advancement in robotics that drives forward the ability to progress further.
This endeavour proved to be fruitful and a profitable business venture due to discovering new worlds ripe for colonisation and technologies such as the GN-drive being discovered as the list goes on.
However, one discovery leads to the other, some are good while most of the time with having the ability to travel hundreds if not thousands of dimensions and alternate universe, one will lead to horrible results, one such result is the discovery of the parasitic metal organism which is what is now known as the ELS.
These silver beings are dubbed the ELS are unknown by origin, upon first discovering these creatures were proved to be disastrous, the victim would be assimilated into their kind and turn them to a mindless husk of what a classic film would refer to as a zombie.
The parasitic host will cover half of the victim's body and begin to constantly transform him or her. Little is known after that, the only way to stop the spread is to cut the victims limbs from spreading or give a mercy kill if the Silver material spreads beyond the body.
After the discovery, the entire world of nations tried to study this ELS but to no avail, they took over the host and tried to spread through the entire population. Many arm forces tried to shoot them down but the bullets were not effective on the silver parts due to the hard nature of the ELS which proved to be ranked among the strongest material known to man.
Furthermore, upon further discovery, these parasites are bigger than thought; they are represented as a cone shaped creature that flies through space in packs, like a stream of water or in worst case scenarios, a tsunami.
More discoveries were brought up during the investigation, when a piece of technology is being touched by the parasite, it will assimilate it and transform into the technology and fight back the original creators where by it is advisable to fight back with weapons of primitive design in nature such as a bullet, dummy missiles and laser weaponry upon confrontation.
In the worst case scenario, a dimension will reset itself at the cost of the entire population that is currently residing in the said dimension.
These discoveries all happen in the first few months but as luck would have it. Someone had come up with the idea of creating mobile suits and upgrading conventional weapons to combat this new threat. This idea was hovering on borderline genius and incredibly stupid, one could not distingush from the other in times of war.
Nonetheless, the entire world of nations band together and make it so. By following the popular show known as Gundam series and with aid from the technology of inter dimensional travel, they use the revolutionary GN-drive which is unlimited in energy to push machines faster with better performance than anything this world has to offer.
The world fought back and through the sacrifice and will power, they won. While not much is known about these ELS, they know one thing, the world has a sense of duty to protect themselves and to prevent others from falling victims to this new threat and the United Nation expedition force was formed, an old idea made new. United the nations of earth and restore order no matter the cost, letting the destruction of technology surge ahead to make killing these more efficient, allowing armies to be deployed anywhere at any time after discovering what this new threat can do.
Now the actress is being assembled, her final story is about to begin. It is time to start bringing back to the beginning of the story where her story shall start at the beginning of the day, going on with its usual business, the sun rising, the birds chirping, the newspaper delivery, the school children getting up and about, laughing and singing as they made their way to school. It's the little details that someone would appreciate, coming from a world that is in constant war, raging between two factions, all of this would have been forgotten if it weren't for the mobile suits flying right above the house where the heroine of the story is sleeping in.
Just as the sun slowly rose, the alarm began to ring. Slowly but surely, a slender hand moves in and gives a tap on the device to deactivate it.
When the deed has been done, a figure slowly emerges from the covers revealing a certain red haired female individual. She surveys the surroundings of her room as she rubs her eyes in order to clear her vision, with that she lets out a yawn completing her morning ritual.
"Flay! Breakfast is ready!" Shouted a motherly voice
"Coming!" She replied with a yawn adding to it
The young woman gets up as the wind ruffles her hair, she surveys the room one more time. It was a normal room to be expected, aside from the many awards and achievements she has gained throughout her entire career.
She pondered for a moment and quickly made her way to the bathroom to brush her teeth. As she finished and rinsed her mouth, the red haired woman stopped for a moment and looked at herself in the mirror.
She then washes her beautiful hair as it was sticking to her face. Flay looks into the mirror once again but this time to check for any blemishes, only to find none on the pale smooth skin she has.
She continues to wonder how long it has been since she last used makeup. She chuckled to herself as she remembered the days when she was younger and more naive to put it lightly. The constant gossiping with friends, watching the latest shows on the net. Who's dating who but most importantly she misses the day when she was with the person she loves, she never got to tell him how she really felt.
Only for him to perish in a fire fight with his long time best friend, in a war of endless terror, killing of untold numbers. She regrets letting her anger out on that day, causing him to break up with her but not once she regrets being with him, only to fall back to the past where she remembers using him for her benefits in avenging her fathers death, the red-haired woman never told anyone about those moments, hoping time will bury those painful memories what she had done.
It seems fate has an entirely different idea for her. Instead of leaving her to die. It puts her in a different universe, before she thought she was the centre of attention in a group of friends, the popular girl, now she still was but for a different reason. Heroine of the world, saviour of the times, angel of the priestess, divine intervention in carnage, the boogeyman killer. These were the titles that were given to her in one of her many adventures she likes to put it.
From a teenager to an elite pilot with skills that many would be envious of, Flay came a long way ever since she accepted the chance to be stronger and hoped to one day, have the chance to save the person she loves most and to say sorry for everything she has done to him.
It's the little things that matter. Two years of training and four years of experience in combat can make anyone lose their innocence quickly. Flay is no exception to the matter with her sweet lovable teenager grey eyes being replaced with a blank dull type that one would find in a veteran of a hundred battles.
She endured the pain, the hardships of training only for the chance to one more to be with him. She knew about the reset, she knew what would happen if the dimension gets to that stage. She knew the chances of that happening was small. However, she doesn't care, no matter how small the chance is, no matter how long she will have to wait. She will sacrifice everything she has to be there for him once more.
"Do it for him." She muttered as she finished up after putting a ton of hair gel onto her hair.
This is one of the many everyday routines she has to go through as a pilot of the elite squadron which is by mandatory that all women with long hair must put gel to make sure the hair does not get in the way during combat. She very much does not enjoy putting it on and had many points during her military career to cut it short in order to avoid the hassle of putting the stuff. She dismisses the idea many times though as her beautiful long hair reminds her of him when he loves to play with it during their intimate moments.
Afterwards, she slowly made her way to the dining room where she was greeted at the sight with a female being in her mid-thirties, reading a data pad at the dining table while a male in his late twenties finishing up the last of the breakfast to be cook up has he brought it to the said table.
"You know, for a hero, you're really bad at getting up." Said the female as she put down the data pad.
"Give me a break grandma I'm not you." Said Flay who retorted at the comment
The 'grandma' sighed. To the people who didn't know them, this would be an insult as she didn't look any older than Flay herself given she is only in her mid-thirties. The matriarch's beauty rivals Flay's but that is to be expected given the fact they are genetically related. The difference between them though is the older woman is a much more refined person in terms of taste and looks, giving a more elegant aura while compare to Flay herself is but a small child in her presences, something of which the later evies alot and strife to reach to her level someday.
The male chuckled "Well at least we know which part of the family she got her attitude from."
Both women stare at him intensely with hawk eyes.
"Definitely from your side Grampa." Flay answered sarcastically as she sat down at the table
"Ouch." The 'Grandpa' replied back while pretending to be hurt from the comment.
Flay looked at him and smiled, he reminded her a lot of her deceased father this being due to his appearance being the exact same but the similarities ended there as his personality is on the more light hearted side while her father has always been the stricter type due to his job not allowed so. She always wonders what would have happened if the older gentleman met her father. Would he ask how you grow up to be so dull and boring. That would definitely be the first words he would speak without hesitation, she thought.
"Anyways, eat up Flay. We're going on a mission soon in o' nine hundred hours." The older woman said as she start eating her breakfast
"Got it ma'am." Flay replied as she started eating her breakfast.
"No ma'am at the table." The woman commented "We're at home, not at the base."
"Yes ma'am." The 'Grandpa' replied back
This causes the older woman to playfully punch his shoulder which in turn resulted in a laugh from both of them. Flay watches the couple who were supposed to be her grandparents with a hint of jealousy of their playful nature all the while in turn she stares down at her food and begins to slowly eat it. Her grandpa caught wind of it and stopped to watch her eating.
"Is something the matter dear?" He asked "I cooked your favourite."
Flay shakes her head.
"No it's nothing." She replied
"I call that nothing bullshit." Her grandma answered back at her with a smirk "You're thinking about your past isn't it."
Flay didn't answer back but her silence gave it away to them as they knew she was in her moment during their years together which in turn made her grandpa hold her hand.
"Flay listen, whatever happened in the past happened. You need to look into the future as it distracts you from the now." He said "And whatever happens, I and your grandma will be there for you, you are not walking alone anymore."
Flay chuckled at the statement. "You know, it's hard to keep a straight face when you are older by how much? But you speak like an old man."
Her grandpa chuckled "Seven and I am technically still your granddad given that we are related."
Flay smiled and went back to finish her breakfast quickly. The red head woman went back to her little world as she remembered the day she was at JOSH-A when it was attacked. All depressed due to her ex-lover's death and all of a sudden her grandfather who was a stranger at the time, wore strange military clothing and gear, reached out his hand and asked her to come with him if she wants to live. She swore to herself she didn't know what came over her that made her grab his hand. When she did, she felt a strange feeling that one could only describe as feeling safe with a hint of fatherly touch that she hasn't experienced in a long time ever since her father was killed in the explosion on board of the ship that was en route to meet her.
She also vividly remembered that day they also encountered a masked coordinator pointing a gun at them but before he could say or do anything, her grandfather quickly shot him directly in the head, killing him instantly in a gunslinger movement without hesitation as his reflexes were second to nature to the man himself. She gasped at the sight but was quickly pulled back to reality when another soldier wearing the same military gear came into view shouting at them. The shouting is in a foam of multiple foul words from different languages, making a string of sentences that could even make a devil weep in tears. She could catch what the soldier was saying something along the lines that if he was a second here sooner he would end up like the masked man. To which her grandfather replied to the soldier, he would have lived because of his thick skull and the bullet would properly make his smug face better.
As all of this was happening; they were teleported by a strange light which landed her here today. Flay understand that she is currently in a different universe, one that petroleum was still abundant with the environment still intact, no reconstruction war and no economy collapse but still relies heavily on conventional weapons and vehicles such as tanks and fighter units but to her honest opinion, they were very effective despite their technology advances in mobile suits as they also advance their research in these areas too. This is due to what was called the combined arms tactic which her grandparents told her and looked up on the net which shows this concept was dated all the way back to the early periods.
For the Allster family, they only knew they were related when military doctors took her blood sample and found that her DNA matches with them despite her now grandparents are almost the same age as her though being older a few years and the obvious fact that they have not given birth to her father yet. Still, they quickly concluded Flay was their granddaughter and shall treat her as their own with love and care to which she was very thankful for after all that has happened to her. She laughed at the thought, even when war and death was all around her; it taught her a lesson that no matter how bad the situation is, positive things will happen due to faith and a lot of luck. After a while She would volunteer to fight and give her all, just like her ex-lover had for her by joining her family who were serving the united nation expedition force, much to the dismay of her grandfather due to wanting her to have a normal live which she could enjoy being a teenager but he never discouraged her from doing so.
After breakfast, the Allster family drove towards the military base in an open topped car due to the perfect weather where their fighter squadron was waiting for them. To them, this is another day in the office, going on as if it was nothing special, saving the world, getting back home by dinner if possible. As for Flay, she has been doing this routine for two years with four years of training in all of the finest military academies which she calls her second home could offer, ranging from shooting every conventional weapon to mastering the skills of the more conventional dog fighting and mobile suit doctrine. No longer the innocent popular girl she was back in Heliopolis, she is now a veteran and a heroine of the United Nation Force but still has a smoking hot body and height to go with it. To her grandmother, she was just a good child trying her best, and to her grandfather, the protagonist with thick plot armour that could be deemed as the next goddess with redefining the term 'Mary Sue' which she acknowledges it herself as the wind blew her hair as continue driving in the open topped car along the highway, all thanks to the perfect weather for the perfect where everything was so far perfect.
As they arrived they were greeted by the sight of the ongoing activities with the base personals running here and there with shouting ranging from moving out the way to organising the chaos the base was in as everyone was prepping to sortie all the while there were military vehicles coming in that Flay had never seen before which one of them caught her eyes, it was a blue fighter mobile suit with a green visor for its vision sensors and it had a long beam rifle that was idling on the runway as it was waiting its turn to be parked in the hangar with the ground crew guiding it slowly. The design was sleek in nature where it just so seems to hit all the right places that makes a person wanting to fly the mobile suit itself.
"RGZ-ninety five ReZEL, commander type." Her grandfather commented "It's an old model by today's standard given we have the GN-Drive as that one was not retrofitted with it."
"How come I never flew one before?" Flay asked with curiosity as she continued looking at the magnificent machine.
"Because it was deemed obsolete by the time you came here." This time her grandmother answered. "The eggheads wanted something that was able to pack a bigger punch, so they sent people to steal the tech from another dimension and boom, you have today's tech becoming an era from the Ice age."
"Thus the GN-Drive was born." Her grandfather added "Still I couldn't blame you. It is beautiful isn't it?"
Flay looked at it and she too saw what her grandfather was talking about with its blue sleek design and green visor that could make any pilot proud to fly it.
"Too bad it was a stop gap unit." Her grandmother commented "Against others, especially the white mobile suits or 'gundams' as you call them, it does pretty well. But for the ELS… not so much."
The family made their way to the locker room and began changing into their flight suits as well as getting equipped in the armoury. Being the jack-of-all trades but master of none person, Flay fashions herself with the standard grunt loadout with a ballistic armour vest that is able to carry ammo clips for her typical grunt rifle and pistol.
However, standard was the word she would describe it as humble to say the least due to the fact that all of these weapons were still able to penetrate a mobile suit armour without the need of using a higher power calibre weapon such as a self-propel rocket. Someone, up there in their ivory tower decided to arm a normal soldier with these weapons who were either a genius or pure insane which as her grandfather always put it to her that there is a thin line between those two words.
As she finished up and fully geared for combat, she made her way to the briefing room where her grandmother saved a seat next to her followed by her grandfather, standing in front of the briefing room with the three dimensional layout screen behind him all the while the rest of the squaddies were getting seated, waiting for him to speak.
"Alright ladies and gents, hope you all had a comfortable rest." Her grandfather asked as he waved his hand, allowing the screen to switch its image "Cause I know you heard the news but to make it official, according to the latest intelligence report, ELS has been sighted in another dimension."
Flay stares at the layout showing red dots, indicating the enemies positions while murmurs and sneers can be heard across the room as they watch dots seemingly to multiply at a constant rate.
"The good news is that our scouts from this so-called universe detected it in its early stage." Her grandfather said "Meaning that it is going to be an easy mission. Buggers are still in their foetuses."
The room was then suddenly filled with cheers and bravados while a few yawned from the lack of excitement.
"Alright you lot, settle down!" He shouted but with a smile "It's going to be easy but that does not mean you can act all gung-ho about it."
"Or what? They're just gonna fly towards us." Said one of the pilots
"And that attitude is what is going to get you killed, pilot." Her grandfather retorted. "The reason why we do these missions is to protect our world from those alien things and I'll be damned if even one landed in our world."
"So where are we heading now?" A pilot asked
"According to the egg heads, the universe timeline which uses the calendar C.E." He replied
This causes Flay's heart to skip a beat.
Her grandfather continued "Which brings up the bad news, the timeline over there, according to the scouts report has been reset."
This time the whole room upon hearing the news stayed silent all while Flay started to panic with anxiety, as a reset would mean that the original people were erased from existence. Not much is known how a reset could happen but what she does know is that once it happens, all that leaves there would be erased and start anew. On one hand, she is saddened that everyone she knew is technically gone but on the other hand, this gave her hope to meet him again once more.
"You all know the meaning when I say that." Her grandfather added while staring at Flay "Everyone and everything in that universe's timeline is reset."
"So what is our mission plan sir?" This time Flay's Grandmother asked
The layout switched, this time showing the composition of the team, one with Flay's name on it with callsign Mage two as her designated squad.
"Well Mage one, the plan is quite simple. I myself will take point, followed by Mage squadron at the back in a wedge formation." He answered "We will be deployed via doctrine using the raid group tactic due to HMS Queen Elizabeth taking some damage from her last encounter with the ELS and won't be able to make this round."
"Understood sir."
"With that being said, Dagger squad and Strider squad will be on reserve followed by their space carrier and her escorts the HMS Queen Victoria." Flay's grandfather added.
"Sir yes sir!" Shouted by their respective leaders
"Mage two, I know you have a history over there but I need you to focus on the mission." Her grandfather stared at Flay as he spoke
"Yes sir! Of course!" Flay excitedly answered back with a salute
He rolled his eyes seeing his granddaughter acting with glee. Suddenly the red light sirens came on as if time had slowed down to a halt with everything seeming to on a paused moment as if everyone's mind went blank from the sudden interruption of the all to familiar sound and lights, blinking on top of them.
"ALL RIGHT PEOPLE! LET'S GO! LET'S GO! GET TO YOUR UNITS NOW!" Flay's grandfather shouted as he was the first to break out from the trance.
Everyone in the room jumped up and ran out of the door with Flay in tow. The entire base came alive once more with mobile suits and unit fighters scrambling to meet the threat. As she got to her unit she admired the new polish paint job that the engineers and maintenance team did for her unit. It was the GNX-903VS Brave Standard in flight mode with its green coating in all of its glory. It was the latest model that the top management could offer to them, sporting a twin GN-drive with a beam rifle that could be easily converted on the power output when needed to be and the engine that powered the war machine was the top of the line which gives it the best performance to the maximum potential of every pilot's capability. To sum it up for Flay, it was the perfect machine that could match her skills. She does not need the game changing weapons such as the gundams that made its debut as a weapon that could end the war. All she needs is a weapon that is fast and does it job properly.
"Mage two! Your Unit is ready!" Shouted one of the engineers
"Thanks guys!" Flay shouted back
"Try not to get shot down ok! If you do! It's not our fault!"
Flay laughed as she got up the ladder and fastened her seat belt.
"Alright Mage two, this is the control tower operator." Said the operator over the comms "You are clear to taxi to the runway."
"Roger that operator." Flay replied as she start her brave unit while closing the cockpit lid
The lights of the machine came on and the twin GN-drive began to spin. Flay pushed the controls and the unit began moving out of the hangar with the guidance of the ground team using hand signals and light sticks. As her unit made it to the runway, she was parked next to Mage one who was her grandmother in a similar unit except it was colored in blue indicating the rank and commander type.
"Mage two you are second in line." Said the ground crew member
"Mage two roger." Flay answered back
"Okay, ma'am. I need you to go ahead and tap the brakes and check flaps and stabs."
"Copy that, Flaps and stabs." She said and proceed to move the controls
The ground crew on the left side gave the thumbs up
"Ok left sides good. How are we on right side?" Flay asked
The ground crew on the right side gave the green light with a thumb up
"System check weapons. Initiate HMD visor. Got a green light up front. Switch to canon." Flay stated as she put her visor down causing multiple digital info to come on "Okay, gun spun up, looks good. Checking laser. Laser system tracking. Arm and check flares."
The machine signal went green.
"All right, weapons and countermeasures are good to go. Have good ends, good highs, good lows, no out lights. Ready."
"Putting tension on." Mage one stated
"Let's do this!" Flay added as her grandmother took off "Here I go."
With that, Flay pressed the throttle and took off while experiencing the Gs from the push back.
"Good shot. Good engine. Good end speed. Gear up." She added as her unit put back its gear
"Mage two, this is Mage one, levelling on your starboard." Mage one announced
"Gotcha." Flay replied
The two units then join up with the rest of the squad which consist of a total of eight units with the exclusion of the master unit Brave that Flay's grandfather was flying in. they were flying high up above the cloud but still have visuals on the base. From the ground, the gathering of the flying mobile suits were a sight to behold, no matter how many times people saw it. The two got into position in their formation as they flew in sync with one another followed by the rest of the team.
"This is Master one to control tower." Flay's grandfather announced "I have the rest of Mage squadron behind me and we are about to teleport to World. Unit. Timeline - C.E. how copy?"
"This is control tower, copy that." The operator replied back
He flipped the switch in his unit and out of a sudden a bright light flashes before them and blink them out of existence.
Flay blinked several times until she was able to see again which landed her a view of space.
"Control tower, this is Master one, teleportation is successful." Master one reported "We are now commencing operation."
"Copy that. Good luck and good hunting sir." The operator replied back
Flay felt nausea with a sense of anxiety coming back to her after all these years she had finally returned home that could only describe as a love or hate experience.
"Isn't this like a return home experience Mage 2?" Said one of the pilots
"It would have been if it weren't for the bloody reset. Bloody ELS, if it weren't for them we wouldn't be doing this sort of mission." Said another
Flay didn't know how to respond, on one hand she may have a second chance of seeing him again but on the other she may not due to variables involved especially military doctrine dictates not to intervene with local events within external reason unless deemed it is needed due to ELS intervention.
"This is Master one, I have confirmed signatures on our scouts." Master one announced "They are marked on your hud display as friendlies with one on the far right, middle and far left."
"Copy that Master one, confirmed on Friendlies marked with IFF over." Mage one reported "There is also confirmation of multiple signatures with no IFFs about twenty klicks in north and east of our position and over."
"Understood Mage one." Master one replied "Can I have visuals on the targets."
"This is Mage two. I have visuals on both, multiple ELS north from us and multi-…" Flay paused
"Mage two could you repeat on visual on east of us over."
Flay didn't answer back as she gasped at the sight of what she saw. It was the Archangel itself with other ships that she remembered were the Nelson-class and the Drake-class, the very one that carried her father with a distinct silhouette that she immediately recognized. A white mobile suit fighting against multiple units and four others she also recognized.
"Mage two, I repeat. Could you repeat the visuals east of us over." Master one got frustrated
"Grandpa, it's the Archangel!" Flay answered "I got to help them!"
"Negative Mage two." He answered flatly
"But-"
"We cannot intervene." Her grandfather interrupted, "Before you say 'you saved me but why can't we save them' is because you were on your deathbed, saving you wouldn't affect the timeline."
Before Flay could retort back the ELS made their move.
"Motherfucker! Bandits! Bandits! Engage! Break left! Break left!" Shouted one of the pilots as he evaded
"Roger. They're splitting. I'm engaging. Pushing the ones to the left." Master one announced "The rest push the ones to the right. Mage one you take point."
"ROGER!" All the pilots said simultaneously
"And Mage two… I'm sorry."
Flay sighed "Understood sir."
The battle ensues, despite the initial disheartening emotion she was feeling helpless of not helping the Archangel and having the chance to save her father. She still performs her duties without hesitation with finger on the trigger, blasting away the ELS. Flay dodge roll incoming attacks as her movement became one with the Brave unit. Within a few short minutes, she managed to rack up an impressive kill count all the while saving her fellow team mates from certain assimilation. She quickly transforms her unit to combat mode every time the enemy gets too close and full blast her way out of danger.
"Bandits on your six Mage two!" Shouted one of the pilots
Flay quickly pulls up and bleeds speed while dropping counter measures to confuse the ELS. She quickly transforms to combat mode and blasts it with her beam rifle and cannons, obliterating the ELS behind her. She quickly transforms back to flight mode and continues to engage the others. Making the pilots on her team to be in awe at the level of skill she performed.
Her Brave unit program continued to warn her enemy ELS were targeting her from all directions but she disregarded them and pushed on. Flay transforms back to combat mode and uses the Trans-arm system for the increase in performance boost, making her almost invisible due to the speed of her unit as it turns into a simmering red hue. She got her beam sabers and sliced the ELS with ease in a zic-zac pattern she learnt from her grandma, destroying almost thirty percent of the ELS by herself. But it wasn't enough, the enemies continue to pursue her relentlessly and try to encircle her unit. She foresaw this due to experiencing the same tactics that the ELS employs and blasted them in a full three sixty degree eliminating all in one go, she soldiered on and her unit continued blasting them with the help of the Trans-arm system.
As if faith was on her side once more, a part of the remaining ELS broke off the attack and were heading towards the battle that the Archangel was in.
"Commander! Bandits have broken off and are now heading towards local forces on the east side!" shouted a pilot
"Understood! I'm heading there now!" Flay answered and sped off at full power
"Flay, wait!" Her grandfather plead
"She was just waiting for it to happen didn't she?" Mage one asked with a smile
Her grandfather chuckled, "She definitely got it from your side of the family."
Her grandmother laughed, "Shall we chase her?"
"Affirmative darling." He answered with glee "Mage one, three, four, five, six, seven and eight. You are to chase down Mage two and provide her with assistance. I myself will engage the remaining force alone."
"ROGER THAT SIR!" All the pilots shouted back and quickly followed Flay
Just then, more ELS emerged suddenly in front of her grandfather's unit in full force.
The man sighed, "And now I immediately regret my decision."
The scene changes back to Flay trying to shoot down the ELS heading towards the Archangel at extreme speed and even herself could barely see due to the intense Gs she was suffering from. That didn't stop her and kept blasting them over and over with her unit's cannons until there wasn't any left.
She did it, she told herself as the last one got destroyed but it wasn't over as if time slowed down, she saw a green particle beam shot heading towards the ship her father was still on. Without hesitation she quickly transforms her unit back to combat mode and throws her beam rifle at the beam's trajectory, stopping it from hitting the ship. This act caused the entire battle to halt as they saw what happened. Flay on the other hand didn't stop as she couldn't brake in time and the unit collided with two mobile suits known as the Strike and Aegis, damaging all three of them with her unit being visually impaired due to the damage optics as the unit's head was the first to suffer from impact. Instead of checking for other damages, Flay quickly turns on the open comms channel and links direct communication with the Strike mobile suit.
"Kira! Are you alright?!" Flay asked hysterically
The young boy quickly regained consciousness from the impact and was shocked by what he saw. The monitor showed Flay herself but she looked older and was wearing a heavily armoured flight suit.
"Flay?" The boy asked with uncertainty
"Oh my gosh!" Flay answered with her mouth covered while a bit of tears came out from her eyes "It's really you."
"Flay! What are you doing in that mobile suit?!" Kira panickingly asked her
"I'm so happy to see you again." She stated sobbingly while as if she is ignoring the question
"Flay, please answer me and why are there two of you?" Kira asked as he realised that there were two of them, one was on the bridge with a pink-haired woman and another was in the mobile suit that was holding on to him.
Before Flay could answer, a shot was fired at her, causing the two to stumble and knocking her off in her seat.
"Hang on Athrun! We're coming to save you!" shouted one of the mobile suits but no response came
"Flay! Are you alright?!" Kira shouted
"I'm alright but my unit took some damage." She answered as she adjust in her seat
The mobile suit with two long barrels, aimed directly at her but before the enemy pilot could do anything, the rest of Flay's squadron arrived with one directly in front of the barrel, proceeded in grabbing the gun with a quick motion and throwing it aside into the endless void of space.
"This is the United Nation expedition force." Claimed by one of the pilots on the open channel "All local populations are to cease hostilities at once under the International Universe Intervention Act one sub section one A, and are to retreat from a distance of at least two hundred kilometres from each opposing faction until an United Nation expedition force member has deem save to continue by discretion of his or her judgement under sub section one B of the said Act. Failure to comply and we will use lethal force."
This made literally everyone confused including Flay herself but it did stop both sides from shooting each other while the rest of the Brave units got into combat mode and started pointing their rifles at both sides while encircling them.
"So… did anyone get that? I sure as hell did not." Said one of the United nation pilots
The comment caused a few of them to chuckle in the open communication line but it did not ease the tension for both sides due to the sudden appearance of a third party faction with mobile suits that they had never seen before.
"Who the fuck are you?! You are a Natural?!" Shouted one of the hot headed pilots with silver hair and a bowl cut style "Answer me!"
None of the United Nation pilots answered after seeing the young boy in a gundam mobile suit. Suddenly, a faded beam of light came close to one of the Brave units causing them to jump scared.
"Are we being attacked?!" Said one of the pilot who saw the beam
"Negative, it was not directly at us yet." Answered one of them
"How can you tell?!"
"If it is a faded light, that means it's close. If it's a bright light that means it's-"
Before the pilot could finish a green beam went directly in between them.
"OK! NOW THEY ARE SHOOTING AT US!"
"This is Mage one! All units break formation and engage local forces!" Flay's grandmother exclaimed "All mobile units with cyclops' eyes and the three gundams have their IFF marked as hostiles! Check your hud displays!"
"Confirmed and engaging new targets!" All the pilots exclaimed
The United Nation force springs to action once more and began fighting their new targets as the squad shot down and disabling the mobile suits with ease, easily targeting them due to the power difference in terms of the weapons and speed with the Brave units being the far more superior one due to the GN-Drive they were equipped while the local forces do not possess them. Only the three gundams had somewhat of a chance but even then they had difficulty aiming with their weapons as the Brave units just side steps and bled speed every time they got a target confirmation.
Flay, meanwhile, began moving towards the Archangel with the Strike and Aegis being towed by her followed by an escape shuttle from the badly damaged Nelson-class ship but due to her unit's optics being damaged, she had a lot of difficulty in landing the hangar.
"This is Flay Allster of the United Nation Expedition Force to Archangel. I need help in guiding me to the launch hangar, I have Kira and the Aegis with me along with the space shuttle containing the Vice-Minister of the Atlantic Federation." Flay stated professionally as best she could
"This is Miriallia Haw of the Archangel." A feminine voice stated as her picture appeared on screen
"It's good to see you again, Miriallia." Flay Smiled
"Wow! It really is you!" Miriallia exclaimed "I thought I was dreaming since I have you also on the bridge."
Flay mentally face palmed herself, remembering the time she threatened a certain pink-haired woman.
"Right… Could we go back to the part where you guide me please?" Flay said as she tried to divert the conversation.
"This is Captain Murrue Ramius, You have permission to land." The captain cut in "I don't know if you are real or not but thanks for bringing our pilot back."
"No problem captain, just protecting the person I love." Flay calmly stated
The bridge didn't know what to do with this new information they received, a sudden confession from a person who already is engaged to another man named Sai Argyle and her younger self was on the bridge hearing this also as if it was second nature that it naturally happened.
"Erm… Could anyone call the ball quickly?" Flay asked as she tried to break the silence "We are still engaged with the enemy. Over."
"Right! Sorry! Erm… What do you mean ball?" Miriallia broke the silent daze the bridge was in "We don't use a ball here."
"You know how to guide me on the correct approach to land safely?" Flay asked
"Don't you… you know just land?" Miriallia asked hesitantly
Flay Blinked at the revelation.
"Kira…Have you been landing with just using your eyes?!" Flay asked with her voice raised abit
Kira blushingly chuckled, "I still landed safely."
Flay mentally face palmed herself and would also physically do so if it weren't for her HMD visor in the way.
Just then, a Brave unit flew right next to the hangar door all the while blasting its beam rifle at the mobile suits, preventing them from taking pot shots at them.
"This is Mage five to Mage two, Mage one sent me to provide support after hearing your conversation." The Brave pilot stated "Call the ball Ma'am while I provide cover at the same time."
"Copy that Mage five." Flay answered "I got the ball, bringing them down."
"Twenty knots, on the ball." The pilot stated
Flay quickly adjust her unit's trajectory
"Eight hundred. Seven-fifty. Six hundred." She added on
"Power, power." The pilot instructed
"Five-Fifty. Five hundred." Flay continued
"Right on the ball, Bring them down!"
All three, including the escape shuttle landed safely in the Archangel much to Flay's relief. She took off her helmet and unfastens her seat belt. She still couldn't believe she was back on the ship that she once called home but brushed that aside as she opened the cockpit lid and floated towards the badly damaged Strike unit.
Flay saw the cockpit hatch was damaged from an angle that had to be forcefully open through force. She quickly got out her combat knife and began prying open it. Like the standard issue grunt rifle, the combat knife has a strong metal edge that is able to cut almost anything and is resistant to breaking under high pressure to which Flay uses this advantage and successfully breaking the hatch with just a simple but effective tool.
Kira slowly emerges from the strike and is greeted at the sight of the red headed woman in unusual clothing that looks heavily armoured for normal standards who was already sobbing with tears of joy upon seeing him. Before he could react, Flay grabbed hold of him just like how he did the way before when he did the same to her when she was in the escape pod all those many years ago.
What seems to be an eternity, time slows down for just the two of them as Kira did not expect her to pull him into a kiss. The shock quickly wore off and the two embraced each other and became one. Though Kira is happy from the encounter he could not think straight and comprehend at the situation he was in, at first he did not have the strength and will to confess to the woman whom he is kissing right now as she already have a fiancé then the next thing he knew he is now in the arms of hers though being the older version of his crush and claims to be in love with him.
Before Flay could withdraw her mind from its far places, Kira's arms were already around her, as sure and hard as on the dark road, so long ago. She felt again the rush of helplessness, the sinking yielding, the surging tide of warmth that left her limp. And the quiet face of Flay Allster was blurred and drowned to nothingness. He bent back her head across his arm and kissed her, softly at first, and then with a swift gradation of intensity that made her cling to him as the only solid thing in a dizzy swaying world. His insistent mouth was parting her shaking lips, sending wild tremors along her nerves, evoking from her sensations she had never known she was capable of feeling. And before a swimming giddiness spun her round and round, she knew that she was kissing him back.
Both of them wished for their time together to not end but it is unfortunate good comes to an end with their overwhelming lust for each other. As the Archangel engineering crew and the battle on the outside being subsided with the United Nation expedition forces able to pushed back the rest of the hostile forces two hundred kilometres away from the ship as stated without taken any loses themselves, showing the Archangel team the pure strength and determination when push comes to shove.
This would have made Flay really proud if it weren't for her standing with Kira being berated by her Grandmother afterwards.
"What the hell were you thinking soldier!?" She shouted
"To defend the local population, no matter the cost ma'am!" Flay answered with a smirk
"Defend my Arse Lieutenant!" Her grandmother retorted back while showing her something in her hands "Do you know your Brave unit's plating was about to fail! Optics! totally fried!"
Flay watches her as she threw down the item on the ground
"Let's not talk about the power supply." She continued, "Do you know how expensive this is?!"
"Tell that to the ELS ma'am." Flay answered back
Her answer enrages her grandmother even more.
"What would your drill sergeant say if he saw you?"
"When I joined the force, we didn't have any fancy-schmancy mobile suits. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon—and we had to share the rock! Buck up, girl, you are one very lucky trooper!" Flay answered with a mocking tone she tried to Imitate
This causes her grandmother to break character and starts to laugh but was desperately holding it in as much as she could while the bewildered Kira Yamato is more confused at the answer with the Archangel crew watching them from afar exchanging banter.
"No… the other one." Her grandmother said with a huge grin
"Usually, the good Lord works in mysterious ways. But not today! This here is 66 tons of straight-up, H.E-spewing deep-vine intervention! If God is love, then you can call me 'Cupid'!" Flay answered again but this time with a smile and hand gestures
Both broke into laughter with her grandmother bringing Flay into a hug and in turn she did the same.
"Don't do that again alright." Her grandmother said "I only have one stupid granddaughter."
"Of course grandma."
Flay then turns to Kira and grabs his hand, pulling them closer to the three of them.
"Grandma, this is Kira Yamato." Flay stated
The older woman looked at him with her head moving up and down while raising an eyebrow as she inspected him with curiosity.
"Son, how old are you?" The matriarch asked
"Erm… I'm - " Kira was interrupted
"So mind telling me what's going on, what you are doing here and why are there two Flays?" A woman in uniform approached them with two armed guards as escorts followed by a male and another woman behind them.
"Captain!" Flay waved at them "Grandma! This is Murrue, the guy over there is Mu and Natarle."
The older woman looked at them while the three looked back, the situation was tense with both sides couldn't read each other's expression.
"You know, for a grandma. You look rather young and beautiful, the name's Mu La Flaga at your service." The male who identify as Mu spoke, breaking the tension
The both women next to him stare intensely at him with one of them wanting to say something directly at him. This caused the older woman to laugh.
"Thanks for the compliment, handsome." She answered back with a seductive smile.
Mu blushed madly at her, causing a woman who is identified as Murrue Ramius to jab his stomach with jealousy.
"In other news, I'm the acting captain of the Archangel." Murrue stated as she try to ignored the blushing idiot next to her
"Hello acting captain of the Archangel, I'm a Colonel and leader of Mage squadron of the United Nation Expedition force." She replied and turned to Mu "By the way I'm married to a much more handsome man, sorry if I got your hopes up big boy."
Flay laughed at her old Lieutenant as he quickly straightened himself up and tried to hide his blush.
The other woman beside him who is identified as Natarle Badgiruel coughed "I think it's best if we continue the conversation elsewhere in a more private room captain?"
"Yes, I agree with the ensign." Murrue answered "Shall we proceed then Colonel?"
"Not until our Commander comes on board." She stated
Suddenly the announcement came on from the archangel comms.
"Captain one of their mobile suits is requesting to emergency land on the Archangel." Miriallia announced
"Speak of the devil…" Flay muttered
On the bridge, the entire crew could see the unit that requested to land was on fire with one its legs and arms missing with the optics visor badly damaged.
"This is Master one to the giant white ship thing, I am going to attempt to land on what's to be your hangar, how copy?" The pilot of the damage units announced
"This is Miriallia, Captain Ramius has given you permission to land." Miriallia answered
"Roger that Miriallia, I shall begin landing now."
Suddenly a small explosion could be seen on the unit where the lower part of the body split in half, causing the crew on the bridge to gasp.
"Not to worry, I'm still flying half of the flag." He announced.
Just then, two Brave units flew on the sides of the damaged one and began guiding to land.
"We're taking you in sir!" said one of them
"Copy that." He replied back "Miriallia, please tell your people to stay clear of the hangar bay, I'm coming in hot and fast!"
The damage unit hit the floor of the hangar hard on its belly and skids through the bay area. The pilot pressed the brakes hard as he could all the while crashing into several metal boxes for it only to stop when the said unit crashed into the Aegis that was still lying flat along with the strike and Flay's Brave unit.
"Another happy landing." He commented as he took off his helmet.
The man got off the unit and walked towards the rest of the crew that was gathered behind cover. His presence radiates with authority but yet has a calm demeanour behind his fasade. Flay looked to her grandmother who could only face palmed herself as he did exactly the same thing she had done just previously to her unit , only much more damaged to the point that it looks unsalvageable.
"So, what did I miss darling?" he asked as he pulled Flay's grandmother to a standing position.
They didn't answer, only silence that was followed by the sense of embarrassment as she rolled her eyes showing indication of the damage he had done and the first impression he had ruined. He looked to her, then back to Flay and to the rest of the Archangel crew which he then looked back at the wreckage he had just created only to have his answer being reinforced as the unit combusted imploded in a small explosion with fire sticking out of it. He turned back and made an 'o' with his mouth, knowing full well now what he has done but shrugged it off.
Eventually, as time passes, Flay could only dream of this day but here she is, sitting next to Kira and her grandparents, while on the opposite side, the three Archangel Officers and her father.
"Is it really you? Mom? Dad? Flay?" The middle-age man asked as he was the first to speak among the group of individuals
"Yes Daddy, it's really us." Flay Answered
"But you guys look so young… and older for you my child."
"The fountain of youth does help wonders." Flay's grandfather commented with a smirk
"For real?" this time Mu asked
"My husband just jested with you, handsome." Flay's grandmother answered back
"Would you mind if I... hold your hands?" the Middle-age man asked as he got up
"Of course dear, you look like you could use a hug also." She answered back, "Come here champ."
The two embraced each other, something that Flay knew little about her father as he had a sudden show of emotion that only can be seen when her mother died which was at his weakest point. After a while he began to sob, this is where her grandmother started patting his head.
"Shhh… There, there. You have been holding for so long haven't you, champ?" She whispered and continued patting
"Got to ask son, what is your name that we gave you?" Flay's grandfather asked
"George, that's the name you gave me." He answered
"YES! That means I won!"
Flay's grandmother rolled her eyes at the outburst "Yes you did dear."
"Sorry to break the reunion commander but could we get back to the meeting and why are you guys here?" Murrue asked
"Right." George answered as he let go of his mother "And no one shall speak of this understood?"
His mother laughed, "Whatever helps you sleep my child."
As they began their meeting, Flay held Kira's hand with her fingers wrapping around his. The young man didn't know what to do as he was still trying to process the situation he was in given that everything that was happening was still so unreal to him only adding to the fact he felt uncomfortable being around with the entire family that was claiming to be hers to only suddenly popped out from nowhere and to top it all is his crush also being the older version and claims to love him.
Flay, being oblivious to his nervousness, smiled at him, causing the young man himself to blush in return by such beauty only to look away from her to hide his embarrassment but on the occasion, still taking quick glances at her as he couldn't stop gazing. He noticed her eyes weren't the bubbly ones that he was used to seeing in the younger version of her as hers were more akin to the ones that saw the horrors of war with her grey eyes being much paler to what he is used to. Flay once again squeezed his hand tighter as if she knew what he was thinking right at that moment.
The two felt connected but Kira once again could not put his finger to it but felt it was meant to be and the sensation of being at ease when he was beside her.
"What?!"
A sudden outburst brought the two lovers back to reality and what they saw was a now very angry grandfather with a concerned grandmother trying to calm him down whereas the three officers looked on.
"Dad look…" George tried to speak
"I'm so disappointed in you son." He said while rubbing his temple "While I and your mom are proud of you to be the Vice minister of erm… where is it?"
"Atlantic Federation darling." Flay's grandmother answered
"Right, while we are proud of you. That does not mean you could go and be a huge racist." He added and covered his face "Where did we go wrong in this timeline."
George stayed silent and not being able to answer like a child was caught red handed which he or she shouldn't be doing by their own parents.
"Flay, you should have told us about it."
"Well… dad was err… you know… bye bye from…" Flay tried to explain but couldn't
"Got it." Her grandfather said, understanding what she meant and turned to face his son directly in the eye.
"I have every right to hate them." George stated as he tried to salvage his credibility "They are impure and should not exist."
"And the most ironic thing about this son is that the so-called coordinator you hate so much is the one who saved you." He retorted
This shocked the Archangel Officers as during the meeting, not once have they mentioned Kira Yamato was a coordinator due to the reputation the family holds in the timeline they were in.
"How… how did you know?" Nartarle was the one to speak up
"Elementary my dear ensign, the way you explain that mobile suits were hard for the so-called natural and the ease for the others kinda gave it away." He explained and pointed to Kira "That and also my idiotic 'son' was looking at him with disgust."
The comment made George to sink his head down for not expecting his parents to not side with him. Just then, the door opened, revealing a group of teenagers and officers of the Archangel huddling closely together as they tried to listen in on the conversation while a pilot from the United Nation expeditionary force stood in the middle with a data pad.
"Is everything alright Commander?" the pilot asked
"Yes, everything is alright trooper." He replied
"I hear you're a racist now, Commander." The pilot stated
"What? What!?" he exclaimed and turned towards the pilot.
"How did you get interested in that type of thing?" The pilot added
"Who said I'm a racist?" he asked
"Everyone saying it in this timeline said you are." The pilot answered "Should we all be racist now? What's the official line that the army took the idea?"
"Oh no, no!" Flay's grandfather panicked
"Only the maintenance and patrol with sorties, takes up most of the day and at night I would like a cup of tea, I might be able to devote myself full time to the old racism."
Another pilot pops in.
"Good for you Commander!" the other pilot stated "Finally, someone go to stand up to them at last coming over here, taking our jobs and our women, acting like they own the fucking place."
Another pilot came in to clap and cheered. "Well done Commander! Well done! And good for you! Fucking Greeks!"
"This isn't the Greeks, it's the Coordinators he's after!" said the other pilot
"I'm not after them!" Flay's grandfather exclaimed
"I don't care who we are going after! As long as I can get a go after the Greeks!" the pilot said with enthusiastically "They invented gayness!"
He gave up and smashed his head on the table while Flay herself laughed at the situation they were in, from the moment of tense to the downward spiral of a joke.
"Let's ignore it for a second. What do you have for us?" Flay asked
"Ma'am, We have the reports the Commander asked for." The pilots started with a salute
"And also the enemy pilot of the gundam is awake." The other added
"Finally, we're getting somewhere at last." Murrue stated as she got up
"You must know ma'am that the ship has a prisoner on board excluding the opposing faction we captured."
"We should care because?" Flay grandfather asked as his head was still on the table
"She and the enemy pilot are teenagers sir." The pilot answered, "Also, it appears she is a civilian."
Quickly, he stood up and made way straight down the hallway, ignoring the group that was at the door while the rest followed suit.
"Show me where they are kept." He demanded
Without hesitation, the pilots lead the way. The walk was silent with only the sounds of their footsteps echo throughout the entire duration as the group walked down the hallway.
"You must know that she was not classified as a prisoner." Nartarle said, breaking the silence as she and the other two officers tried to catch up.
"Is this person you kept then classified as a civilian under your own law?" he asked
"Yes." She simply stated
They made it to the door and opened it, revealing the young male pilot and the female civilian with the former trying to protect the latter by being up front and trying to shield her with his body.
"HARO! HARO!"
A tiny round pink bot jumped out of nowhere, shocking the pilots and aiming at the thing with their rifles and pistols but to their surprise, it went directly for Flay. She grabs hold of it quickly before they could do anything. She held the little ball in her arms and started petting it. Flay realised before she has an unusual way with robots but that must have been due to staying with Kira's pet robot bird which it grew attached to during the time when she was on board the Archangel. She quickly turns back to the attention of the stand off as the young boy is still standing right infront of the pink haired girl trying to protect her.
"Who are you?" the male pilot simply asked with a threatening tone
"We are the United Nation Expeditionary Force." Flay's grandfather replied "And you're going home."
They were shoved into the hall forcefully and directed them to start walking towards the hangar. Both of them were confused by the statement as they were expecting the male pilot himself to be torture for information.
"And where exactly are you taking them? This is my ship." Murrue demanded as she continued walking with them
"Taking them home."
"Do you even know who they are?" Mu asked with an eyebrow raised
One of the pilots quickly took out a data pad and started reading from it.
"They are from the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty or ZAFT for short and they come from 'PLANT'." The pilot read
"What? As in the veg from the ground?"
"I just have the info sir, I don't make things up." The pilot stated "The female teen is Lacus Clyne, naive and a bit of an airhead, she is idealistic and pacifistic. Daughter to Siegel Clyne, a member of the PLANT Supreme Council. Also a pop star and a PLANT idol."
"Oh great, so we have one of those people and the other?"
"Athrun Zala, a quiet, reserved, and often benevolent individual. Son of Patrick Zala, also a member of the PLANT Supreme Council." The pilot added "Underwent training at the ZAFT military academy. showed natural talent as a soldier, ranking first in mobile suit piloting, hand-to-hand combat, and knife-fighting, et cetera, et cetera…"
"Thanks, that's all I need to know."
As they made it to the hangar, most of the archangel crew members were surprise to see the place was very lively, the problem was it was not the archangel engineering team but rather the mysterious United Nation force as they were running back and forth, shouting at each other as they were trying to salvaged the damage units with the archangel team watching.
"Murdoch! What's going on?!" Murrue shouted
A Middle aged man appears in front of them.
"You tell me, we were about to start getting the strike to the hangar then the next thing happened they appeared out of nowhere and started doing what the hell they wanted." He answered
"Why didn't you try contacting us?" Nartarle asked
"We tried but they won't allow us, especially when they started pointing their guns at us."
While they were talking, Flay's grandfather and grandmother helped the two prisoners onto the transport vessel.
"Flay, I want you to help pilot the vessel and get them to their people. You know the routine, standard stuff, bla, bla, bla. After that come back. Got it?"
"Got it sir." She answered and putted back on her helmet
"Kira! You should come with us." Shouted Athrun "You don't belong here!"
Before Kira could answer, Flay's grandfather pushed him into the vessel and walked away. Flay didn't know what to make out of his actions but assumed to have good intentions as she watched Kira's friend be happy he came on board, much to the red hair woman's dismay. She quickly shrugged off and got on board the transport vessel.
It was a slow ride as they flew towards their destination. This gave Kira time to think and to look over Flay, as she kept the transport flying smoothly with the two passengers on board who were constantly arguing at each other, resulting in the boy unable to convince Kira to join him any further. She noticed this and held his hand with one of her hands still on the controls, smiling at him, giving a sense of comfort.
"So Flay… Are you really from the future?" he asked
Flay simply nodded and continued smiling at him.
"Did we… you know, dated?"
Flay laughed at his hesitation and gave a peck on his cheeks. He turned around and found her face, and her mouth was already waiting like a question. He was not gonna make it out to be something that it wasn't: It was perfect—Flay's soft lips against the bite of the lip balm that tasted of sugary Coke still on her tongue. She did more than just not stop him. She kissed him back harder.
"Yes? No? maybe?" She jokingly said as she turned away from him. "You don't like how I look now?"
"NO! You are very beautiful in fact." He flabbergasted
"Thanks lover boy." She happily replied back "Am I way better than my current self now? Am I your ideal type?"
Kira didn't know how to reply back as he thought it was a trap that one of those women love to put men into saying.
"I'll take your silence as a yes."
He broke out of his thoughts and shook his head much to Flay's amusement.
"It's not some trick Kira." She simply stated
"Sorry it's just that… What about Sai? You are engaged to him right?"
"While I won't tell you what happens in the future, I'll tell you that we broke off…" she answered "it's… due to things that happen…"
"Then what about now? What will happen to him and well… you, the one back on the Archangel? What about your father?" Kira started to panic at the thought
Flay Laughed at him and smiled back at him, thanking him for still caring.
"Well my younger self still has him, father is still alive and I'm me. I think for myself and I'm thinking of you."
Kira blushed at the comment but realised what Flay said
"When you say your father is alive… you mean…."
"Yes… he… died in my timeline." Flay stated as she tried to avoid the answer
"Sorry…" Kira said "I'm not strong enough to protect him."
Flay shook her head.
"No, you are strong and the strongest man I know." Flay stated as she banked left of the transport "Everytime I looked back I always saw you were trying your hardest no matter what. I don't blame you but rather I blame myself for that time I asked you to do the impossible."
Kira looked at her with concern as she squeezed his hand.
"I promised myself and also now that if I get my second chance I'll say to you I'm sorry and I'll protect you no matter what." She added
"Flay…"
"I know I'm not the Flay you know but I'm still her, well in a sense."
Kira shook his head "You are still Flay, it doesn't matter whether you changed. You are still… my friend."
Flay laughed and kissed him on the lips again "Thanks and I always knew you liked me since Heliopolis, you are just always shy about it."
Before Kira could say anything they arrived at the Zaft ship hovering at two hundred kilometres away from the Archangel with two Brave units pointing their beam rifle and mounted cannons directly at it with one at the cockpit and one at the hangar bay door.
"Mage two, this is Mage eight, you are on final approach to their hangar" One of the pilots announced "You have clearance to begin landing, recommend using your eyes, they also have the same issue not knowing how to call the ball, over."
"Copy that Mage eight, make sure you help us to make an escape route when things go south."
"Affirmative lieutenant, see you on the outside."
The transport vessel made it into the ship and it began closing its doors after it entered. There, the transport landed directly in front of a large crowd of soldiers with a few of their mobile suits pointing their weapons at it.
"Stay here Kira." Flay ordered
"But you will get shot if you do." He hissed
"They won't. They would have done so before we entered." She answered while putting on her helmet and squeezed his hands abit. "Now let me do my job, handsome. Trust me on this."
Flay stepped out with her rifle in hand first while Kira and the prisoners remained inside. She returns the greetings in kind by pointing her weapon at them but she doubts it would do anything considering she was surrounded in the first place before concluding she may be able to take down a couple of them before being gunned down by them.
"Drop your weapon, Natural bastard!" shouted one of the red uniform pilots
"You first!" She shouted back
One of them with dark skin whistled "A woman, Oi! Take off your helmet so we can see how pretty you are!"
Flay humoured him and she complied but with her weapon still at hand, pointing at them. The moment shocked them as the result was causing most of the soldiers to gaze at her blushing while forgetting for a moment they were aiming their weapons at her, this especially have the most profound effect on the dark skinned pilot whom Flay could only describe as a play boy while the silver haired one was left speechless.
"What the… We have been fighting babes all this time!?" Shouted the tanned one
"You don't have females on this ship?" Flay asked as one of her eyebrows raised.
"Not as good looking as you!" He answered "So what's your name beautiful?"
"Flay, rank lieutenant, service number 01928-19912-FA."
"Woah! Ok so you're not some just hot babe… well the names Dearka, silver bowl haircut is Yzak and the quiet one is Nicol." He answered back "Say… After this, you want to grab some coffee?"
"Well met playboy." Flay said as she put back her helmet on. "Unfortunately for you, I already got someone and he's way better than all you lot combined."
"Ouch."
Just then a blond masked individual entered the hangar with the captain of the vessel. This causes Flay to point her weapon at him as she quickly changes her target.
She remembered him from the time her grandfather shot him dead, now standing right in front of her, alive and well with an imposing look and a threatening aura. Her mind is signalling her to get out as soon as possible but chose to ignore it for the moment as Kira saw this and wanted to come out but Flay gave the hand signal to not do anything as if she could sense his intention.
"I'm Rau Le Creuset." The masked man said "I believe you have our people and wish to give them to us?"
"Affirmative sir. This of course has one condition apply to it." Flay answered
"Oh?"
"There will be a cease fire for seventy-two hours in order for you to bring back the prisoner to her people." She dictated "Standard stuff won't you say?"
"And what happens if you don't? You could shoot us when we leave."
Flay snorted "I'm from the United Nations now not the Earth Alliance. Our duty is to protect humanity, not some local politics. Well not anymore for me that is."
He thought for a bit and nodded to the admiral, Flay signalled Kira to release the prisoners and they slowly made off the shuttle. Athrun gave her the stink eye while lacus smiled at her though something within her made her jealous. She made her way back to the shuttle and took off leaving them to do whatever they pleased while being escorted by the Brave units back to the Archangel. It was a silent trip but Flay couldn't be bothered to bring up a conversation as the farther away she is from the ship the better she felt with a sense of relief overwhelming her.
"You know Athrun asked me to come with him again." Kira finally spoke, ending the peace
"Oh? That friend of yours?" Flay asked curiously
"You knew didn't you?"
She smiled at him "Somewhat, did he threaten you the next time we meet I won't hesitate to shoot you down?"
He simply nodded back, this gave Flay all the answer she needed and held his hands once more, giving him the security he needed. While the trip was silent as they made their way back to the Archangel, Kira wasn't sure what overcame him again as he bent his head down, his lips against her cheek, brushing it lightly—and still that light touch sent shivers through her nerves, shivers that made her whole body tremble.
"If you want me to stop, tell me now," He whispered.
When she still said nothing, he brushed his mouth against the hollow of her temple.
"Or now." He traced the line of her cheekbone.
"Or now." His lips were against hers.
"Or—"
But Flay had reached up and pulled him down to her, and the rest of his words were lost against her mouth. He kissed her gently, carefully, but it wasn't gentleness she wanted, not now, not after all this time, and she knotted her fists in his suit, pulling him harder against her. He groaned softly, low in his throat, and then his arms circled her, gathering her against him, still kissing.
Time felt like an eternity to them until they broke off. The couple stared at each other, not saying a word between them as she was the first one to caress his cheeks.
"What happens now?" he whispered.
"I… I will be leaving soon…" She whispered back while still caressing him "That or…"
"Or"— he looked straight down into her eyes —"you could stay."
A question was in his eyes, and a smile hovered over his lips. His thumb drew slow circles on her lips and then moved down her side to her ribs. His other hand moved up to her face and traced the outline of her lips with his fingers.
She shivered.
He waited.
"Or," she said, "I could stay."
He pulled her against him and kissed her. Their lips clung together softly at first, then with more urgency. He tasted like bourbon and chocolate cake and everything she'd ever craved. She sighed against his lips and murmured his name, and she could feel his smile. Flay's hands moved into his hair, that hair that she'd been wanting to touch for so long, and he kissed her harder. His hand cupped her cheek, and the gentle touch on her skin as she felt the heat of his mouth had her nerve endings on fire.
When they returned back to the Archangel's location, they saw a massive ship that is triple in size compared to the white ship itself, parked next to it with its name written on the sides, HMS Queen Elizabeth. Followed by its escorts, circling around them, providing protection to the two ships as they docked with each other.
When they landed in the Archangel, the couple were greeted with friendly faces though not the ones that Kira recognized due to them being in United Nation uniform similar to the one Flay is currently wearing, running around and seemingly helping to move what looks like food supplies and equipment that they so desperately needed.
Over in the distance they could see Flay's father in the distance with her grandparents, being lectured while hugging him at the same time. She imagines that she will be the same later, only for them to sport her and wave. She and Kira waved back while coming over to them, avoiding the high foot traffic that was happening all around them. They notice the dry up tears Flay's father has and the handkerchief he is holding which she instantly recognizes was handmade by her grandmother during her off duty hours.
"Lieutenant, I assume everything went smoothly?" Her grandfather asked with a salute
"No issue sir! The enemy is making their way back home as we speak." She answered with a salute back
"At ease. We are moving out soon, got word that another ELS is happening and the eggheads want us to be there due to the findings they discovered."
"What findings?" Flay asked
"The static sounds dear." Her grandmother answered, "It's an encrypted message."
"What does it say?"
"Regret…regret…regret…"
"Catchy, any ideas what does that mean?" this time her grandfather asked
"Dear Humanity... we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the United Nation just blew up our raggedy-ass self!" Flay answered loudly and proudly with a smack on Kira shoulder
"OORAH!" the entire team in the hangar shouted who had heard her within hearing distance
"I'll… put it on 'maybe' on the list of possibilities…" Flay's grandfather said while marking down on the data pad
"With that out of the way, let's move out."
"But what about the Archangel?" Flay asked with concern
"We already stock them up with the supplies from the HMS Queen Elizabeth and her escorts." Her grandmother stated "And with the Zaft forces out of the picture for a while they can make straight to the eighth fleet near earth."
"Don't they need protection?'
"We already overstay our welcome here in this timeline, ELS are gone from here and we still have the scouts to look out." Her grandmother goes on.
"One man can't protect the entire ship though!" Flay argued
"Two actually, you forgot Mu?" Her grandfather added
"Forget him! They will just rely on Kira to protect them!"
"Then what do you want dear?" he asked "We can't just give our equipment to them, they are way more advanced by twenty years and their tactics are world war two in the twenty third era."
"Then let me join them." Flay answered with determination "Let me be with him, Please, this is my second chance grandma… grandpa. I need to do this…"
Her grandfather looked at Kira and smiled while her grandmother internally screamed and her father just stood there.
"To be fair, we knew this day would come." Her grandfather stated, "Just that six years fly by so fast."
He then walked over to Kira and looked him in the eye.
"Kid, answer honestly, do you want Flay to be here?"
Kira stared into his soulless eyes as if he was looking in the void but a sudden courage he spoke.
"Yes… I want her to be with me."
"That's all I need." He said and looked at Flay "Lieutenant Flay Allster!"
Flay got into a stand at attention immediately.
"Eyes on your HUD display! Be brief or be sorry!"
"Yes sir!" she answered as she put her helmet back on.
"Your objective! Is to do reconnaissance in this timeline for any possible activities, solo." Her grandfather briefed "You will be supplied with basic equipment, vehicles and shall be downgraded to the usage of the Rezel mobile suit commander type instead of your Brave unit with limited access to outside help. Call to HQ at least once a week to report on your status and progress. Clear?!"
"Clear!" Flay answered "Permission to speak and act sir?"
"Permission granted." He said with a nod
"Thank you so much." She said and pulled her grandparents into a hug "Thank you."
"No problem honey." Her grandmother spoke.
"Is there anything else you need before we depart?" Her grandfather asked.
Flay nodded and whispered to his ear.
"You want two, what…?" He muttered. "Drones?"
Flay nodded as she looked at him with puppy eyes.
He sighed and gave in to her request.
A few days went by without any issue, with the United Nation Forces departing leaving only Flay behind and the supplies they had given to her.
Everything was going smoothly, except for the repairs on the Strike and Aegis, according to Murdoch, the joints and equipment were completely totaled, leaving only the spacecraft known as Mobiues zero and her newly acquired Rezel mobile suit to be ready for combat. This doesn't bother Flay a bit though as she has a lot of catching up to do.
She got along well with the Archangel crew and her friends as if she was not an extra especially with her younger self which she thought of her like a younger sister, she was contented with the thought as her being here would not make her younger self an orphan and seeing her father starting to open up with coordinators seems like a surreal dream.
There was a time where she caught her father and Kira alone together. While both had a cold atmosphere between them, her father seems to come to terms with the fact that his only daughter is in love with him and is trying his best to accept that, which is progress as she thought.
Sadly the quiet life must come to an end as they finally arrive at earth's orbit where the eighth fleet is stationed preparing for the incoming Zaft forces while the refugees are preparing to get on board the shuttle that is being escorted by the drone fighters that were provided by the United Nation.
"So… these drones, will they make sure the refugees are safe?" Kira asked as he was walking with Flay.
Flay giggled. "Yeah don't worry about it. Their track records are flawless and they have not lost a single escort craft."
"I see…" Kira muttered.
Flay sighed and looked at the younger man. "I know what you are intending but i'll pretend i didn't."
"What are you talking about?" Kira tried to avoid the question.
Faly sighed again and squeezed his cheek. "I love you when you try to lie in order to protect me."
"That obvious huh?" Kira nervously chuckled.
"Yeah and it happened before, so it's no surprise." Flay pointed out.
It didn't occur what caused Kira to act but he did so as he grabs hold of her hands this time and pulls her into his chest.
"Flay… please tell me what happened in the future…" he asked as he hugged tightly "Please… tell me…"
Flay started sobbing and embraced him. "This should be the other way round…"
"What?"
Flay looked up and gave him a deep kiss, it was forceful and it hurted Kira physically due to the sudden push into his lips but was eventually cave in and both were locked into one another. After a while both broke off to have some air.
They both smiled at each other and dived back in again and were madly kissing each other. As if their lives depend on it. His tongue slips inside her mouth, gentle but demanding, and it's nothing like Flay had ever experienced, and she suddenly understands why people describe kissing as melting because every square inch of her body dissolves into his.
Her fingers grip his hair, pulling him closer. Kira's veins throb while her heart explodes in ecstasy. She has never wanted anyone like this before. Yet here He is, pushing her backward into a lying down position as the zero gravity helps them float effortlessly in mid air, making out in front of no one in sight with their helmets drifting away from them they do not care, she doesn't care about any of that.
All Flay wants is Kira.
The weight of his body on top of her is extraordinary. She can feel him—all of him—pressed against her despite the weightless zero gravity, all the while she inhales his clothes, his shampoo, and that extra scent that's just … him. The most delicious smell Flay could ever imagine. she wanted to breathe him, lick him, eat him, drink him. His lips taste like honey. His face rubs against her pale skin but she doesn't care, she doesn't care at all.
He feels wonderful.
His hands are everywhere, and it doesn't matter that his mouth is already on top of hers, Flay wants him closer and closer."
She looked up to him and smiled.
"If you really want to know… then are you ok being with an older woman?" Flay said and wiped her tears "Are you ok I'm not the Flay you know now but the future one, are you ok with me hurting you in the future? Are you ok with following me?"
Kira smiled and nodded "Till death."
Flay laughed and snorted "Idiot, you suppose to say that when we are married. We haven't even dated."
"Ha ha…Sorry." Kira laughed at the comment.
Flay presses her fingers between his lips and smiles "Then I shall protect you with all my heart once more."
His heart beat faster and faster as Flay's face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this woman, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again to another woman.
So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then she kissed him. At his lips' touch she blossomed like a flower and the incarnation was complete.
She kissed him again and again, this time more passionately and the two became one once more with their souls linking with one another.
What's gotten into them? They both wondered at the same time. For both now couldn't really breathe. The situation was made worse by their lips that were suddenly pressing hard into each other. Their tongues have fallen madly in love and gotten married and moved on.
After which Flay was sure she had made up for all her former years of not being kissed by the boy himself until both broke off.
"I think if we don't stop kissing, the ship is going to be destroyed." Flay stated
"Seems like it," he whispers.
"You know, the last time I did this, I was in a terrible place, and I wasn't a very kind person and I wasn't ready to love anyone. You have every right to say no and I'll understand if you say no but I hope that you won't."
Kira takes a step closer by hugging Flay tightly.
"Don't you want to kiss me? Don't you want to be with me?" He asks.
Flay smiles just a little, a hopeful, sweet smile, but somewhere buried in it is that confidence that slays him.
"Yes." She said and a nod
Flay proceeds to touch his waist with one of her hands and Kira touches her face with his, that spot where the light landed on the day he first saw her. they didn't kiss right away.
Instead, there's a moment when the couple just look at each other, the moment where, if this were a movie, the music would start. And surrounded by all of the careful details, everything still just a little more perfectly placed than it would be in life — the plants that cascade down the wall in their charming pots, the deep-sea curtains and the colourful jars, the fairy-tale sofa with its gold vines and plush cushions — and a movie-star face, her elegant nose and her sweet lips and her beautiful grey eyes, this could be the scene in the movie that anyone would demand for. The moment where the thing that one would wish for becomes the thing that one would get.
When the couple tipped their faces to the side, they did it in the perfect movie way — no awkward repositionings, no pressed noses. Flay could have sworn she could hear the music swelling.
But then.
Their lips touch. The imaginary music goes quiet. The room is only a room and they are miracles. Her mouth is warm and human and soft, her hand presses hard and insistent against Kira's back, her breasts press against his chest. His hand grazes the delicate line of her jaw; there's the whisper of her hair against his fingers as the two kiss harder.
Suddenly, the ship shook as the battle ensued outside and were getting closer to them with the transport departing the area as it began its descent towards earth. Flay and Kira couldn't wait any longer and the two ran out into the hangar to get into the Rezel unit while Mu was waiting in his zero.
The young boy was surprised at the mobile suit which was a two seater rather than a one seater. Flay commented that this was the standard back then where she came from before the GN-drive was created due to the slow speed compared to the brave unit, two pilots were needed to operate with one being the eyes and navigator.
The Rezel taxis to the catapult and begins its final check. Suddenly Miriallia's face came on screen, surprising Flay as she was in mid of her final check sequence.
"So Flay? Ready to launch?" Miriallia asked
"Miriallia?! What are you doing over there? Aren't you supposed to be on the transport?"
"Can't let you and Kira handle everything by yourselves can we?"
"We?"
"Yup! I and Tolle signed up to be with the Earth Alliance." She answered
"And the others?"
"On board the transport, just us but hey we're in this together right?"
Flay smiled and gave her the thumbs up "We will go shopping after all this is over alright?"
Miriallia laughed and nodded.
"All right, weapons and countermeasures are good to go. Have good ends, good highs, good lows, no out lights. Ready." Flay stated as she finished her checks
"You are clear to launch Flay." Miriallia answered
"Ready Kira?" Flay asked looking at the back of her
"Ready Flay!" Kira answered
"This is Flay Allster! Launching!"
The mobile suit shot out of the hangar and went straight into battle. The situation can only be described as hell with the entire eighth fleet being engaged with Zaft forces with the former losing ships and units on an unprecedented scale to comprehend.
Flay banked right as one of the ships explored right in front of her, and sped through the debris as it got torn apart from the explosion, the debris hit causes minor damage to the Rezel but the unit pushes on, as she tries to get a lock on the enemy. The power difference was huge as she was not used to the slow reaction time the unit has due to being a non GN-drive unit but once she got a lock, she transformed the unit to combat mode and fired her giant beam rifle, resulting in the target to explode after one hit.
"Knew I should have gone to field testing first." Flay muttered "Kira! Are you alright at the back?!"
The young boy on the other hand was trying his best to keep up as he never experienced such heavy Gs to the point that it made him feel sick. After a while, he managed to give her the thumbs up and with that they continued onwards. Throughout the entire duration of the combat, Flay would constantly complain about the latency of the input while shooting down Ginns after Ginns.
"Damn it! The latency is too much!" Flay cursed "Kira can you readjust the POS system sensitivity at the back? I'm having difficulty aiming fast!"
"I'm on it, Flay!" Kira answered and began working on it
The sensors detected multiple Ginns targeting her and began evasive manoeuvres much to Kira's dismay as she banked the controls left and right to avoid the targeting system.
"Bandit! Bandit! On my six!" She announced as she banked right to avoid some shots
"Flay! They have a lock on us!" Kira shouted
"Where are they at Kira?! I can't see!"
"Below us!" Kira answered as he looked behind the cockpit camera view
"Roger! Bleeding speed! Hang on Kira!" she said and press the brakes
Flay brought the unit to a steep climb while the ginns that were chasing them flew right past them. She pushed the controls down with both of her hands into a descend, lining up the targets and changed back to combat mode to fire full salvo at them, deleting them out of existence.
"Hostiles down! Moving to combat patrol over!" Flay announced
"This is Mu!" shouted the ace pilot. "They are going for the Archangel! Stop them kid!"
"Roger, moving to destination, defending the boat, over." Flay answered "Kira help me mark those targets will ya?"
"Got it Flay!"
The unit flew as fast it could while avoiding enemy fire with ease as it made towards the said ship. It was making final preparations to descend to earth as more Ginns began targeting it, the eighth fleet tried to shoot most of them down but were not successful in doing so due the numerous nature and the dexterity of the enemy. They flew past the defenders and aimed directly at the ship with one of them aiming directly at the bridge. Before the Ginn could fire its weapon, an explosion appeared near it and the Rezel came to view the enemy.
"Blast the aim is still not good enough." Flay muttered under her breath "Kira readjust aim lock to twenty degree please!"
Kira punches the buttons on the screen as fast as he could while Flay aims another shot this time with her grenade launcher. She fired again but the Ginn avoided easily, causing Flay to curse once more.
"And this is why you are obsolete huh?" She stated "So much for wanting to fly you."
"Flay! Kira! You got more units coming behind you! Three o'clock!" Mu shouted over the radio
"Copy that! Re-engaging!" Flay answered and turn the unit to face the enemy
She fired her beam rifle in quick succession, causing the enemy to evade but with each shot, it became more accurate and eventually she hit the target, destroying it at an instant due to the fire power of the weapon.
"Flay! Missiles are coming right at us!" Kira stated as he finished coding
"Understood! Evading!" Flay replied and change the unit to flight mode
They flew far from the Archangel and banked to the left, causing some of the missiles to miss their target but most were still following them.
"Hang on Kira! I'm heading straight for Zaft forces! Prepare for a sudden force impact!" Flay announced as she flew near to the enemy fleet
"Understood!"
The Rezel flew as close as possible and then flew directly at one of the enemy ship's bridges. Flay instantly pull up causing the missiles to hit the bridge, resulting in a huge explosion and destroying the unfortunate ship.
"Still got one more Flay!"
"Roger! I'm defending!" Flay said and pushed the controls down while turning the unit in a sharp turn. "Deploying countermeasures!"
"What?" Kira asked
He got his answer when flares started shooting at the back of them, resulting in the missile hitting them instead of the unit.
The people who watched them were amazed by the stuns they performed which were seemingly impossible but to Flay, this was normal due to the training she endured.
"Flay, this is the Archangel, get back to the ship we are descending now." Miriallia said
"Solid copy, heading back to the boat now." Flay answered "Kira you alright back there?"
The young boy was breathing heavily as he was not used to the high stress from the Gs despite being a coordinator and piloting the Strike gundam. This was a whole new experience created by the person he loved, making him think about the skill level and the experience she had. When he saw her over the seat, he saw none of what he experienced, it was as if this was normal.
"Kira, are you alright back there?" Flay asked again
"Yeah… Just feeling that I'm going to see my breakfast again." He answered back
Flay laughed and flew back to the ship, on the way they both saw the shuttle carrying the refugees along with her father and their friends. Flay gave a wave using the suit's hand and then they wave back before completely descending back to earth. The drones did their jobs well in defending them. Flay sighed in relief knowing that Kira won't have a nightmare of not saving them like before which gave a slight comfort for her as the three gundam that were supposed to be in this fight were not here due to transporting Lacus back to the plant. She continued watching them descend until suddenly a warning signal started blaring once more. Kira looked on the radar and saw multiple Ginns heading towards them.
"Flay! - " Kira shouted but Flay waved at him.
"I know, I know, damn these guys don't give up." Flay said nonchalantly as she began dodging incoming attacks.
"Flay get back to the ship now!" Murrue shouted over the radio. "Or you won't make the descent!"
"I'm trying! These guys won't give up!" Flay yelled as she banked right and left, "Kira, prepare to transfer power to the rifle now!"
Kira didn't hesitate and punched in the codes. Flay changed back to combat mode and aimed at the group coming towards them despite nearing the atmosphere. She fired the shot which to many was a surprise as the shot was a long power beam, destroying them instantly but not before one managed to hit them causing the unit to spiral out of control as it descended towards earth.
"Mayday! Mayday! I have lost all control!" Flay panicked "I repeat, Mayday! Mayday! I have lost all control!"
"Goddammit!" Murrue shouted over the radio "Arnold, bring us close to them now!"
The helmsman of the Archangel began a sharp bank to the left but was not able to make it in time as the unit descended towards earth even faster than they could catch them up. Resulting for the both of them to go off course.
Darkness beset in the cockpit as Kira was the first to get up from his unconsciousness.
"Flay!" Kira shouted as he quickly got up.
That was the first thing on his mind. He quickly stumbled around the darkness until he found the switch for the emergency power. The machine hums back to life as it is now fueled with its backup energy with the red lights now turned on and its computer system rebooting.
Kira looked around and found the red-hair still unconscious as she was still laid in her seat, slumped over.
"Flay…" He muttered as he quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and went over to see her.
He shook her gently but no response, he shook her again and again but no reaction.
"Nononono." KIra panicked and pressed his head against her chest.
The heartbeat was there, pulsing normally as there was the usual rhythmic beat to it. He sighed in relief and proceeded to take her helmet off. Unlike his helmet, the helmet she wore was locked in place, incase of any sudden loose fit.
Kira found the button and pressed it. The sudden release made a click and hiss sound, indicating the pressure in the suit did its job in protecting the wearer as the gas sound was hissing away. As he took off her helmet, it slowly revealed her beautiful red hair, dangling in front of her face as the gel she used had lost its effect.
He sighed in relief once more as he saw her still breathing with her chest now much more visible going up and down every second, not missing one.
"Kira…" Flay muttered.
"I'm here Flay, don't worry." Kira softly spoke.
"I'm hot…" She whispered coarsely, barely had the strength to speak.
"Hot?" Kira wondered as he pressed his hand against her forehead.
She was burning up and fast, while the suit she wore protects her from the majority of the damage, she is still human like everyone else, regardless being a natural or a coordinator.
"No No No…" Kira started to panic again. "Hang in there Flay!"
Flay used whatever strength she had left and pointed in a general direction to her right.
"Med…pack…Right…side…" Flay muttered before she fell unconscious one more time.
Kira quickly scrambles for the item and searches high and low for it until he finds the ubiquitous red cross on it. He opened it without hesitation, it revealed the necessary items to heal a wounded soldier. He quickly scanned through the contents of it and applied the healing pad on her forehead. The pad began to do its work as it instantly cools the red-hair down to a more controllable temperature.
He took out the towels and began wiping her sweat. She was slowly but surely feeling better as she began to slowly regain her consciousness.
"Thanks, my saviour." Flay smiled as she placed her hand on his cheek.
Kira smiled and placed his hand on hers, it was soft to the touch and he was enjoying every moment of it.
"Are you Alright Kira? Are you hurt?" She whispered as she tried her best to get up.
Kira held his tears as he wanted to cry for her. "Flay, stop worrying about me, why don't you ask about yourself?"
Flay chuckled but stopped as she let out a cough, Kira quickly helped her and sooth her by giving her water to drink. She accepted and started drinking heavily as if she hadn't drank for so long. Once she finished drinking, she looked at him and gave him a peck on the cheeks.
"Thanks again, Kira." She smiled weakly.
Kira blushed at her action but quickly ignored it. "Flay, you got to look after yourself."
"I am Kira!" Flay retorted with her raspy voice. "And I want to make sure you're ok."
"And to make sure you don't leave me!" Kira raised his voice while tears started coming out. "I almost lost you, if it weren't for your suit, you would not be here with me."
Flay sighed and wiped his tears with her hand and held his head into her chest. She kissed his head and started patting.
"Shhh… it's ok." She whispered "As long as you are ok with me I'll be here to protect you no matter what."
"Why…" He muttered under her chest
"I'll tell you just not now Kira." Flay answered and held his head in front of hers "But I promise I'll protect you no matter what and I will give you whatever you want."
"Flay?"
She smiled and dived into his sweet lips. Flay took him by the shoulders and looked at him as Kira looked at her.
She took a deep breath
"Try again," She Demanded "Kiss me."
"No," He answered.
"Kiss me." She ordered.
"No." And then Kira smiled. "You kiss me."
Flay gladly did so as she placed her hand on the back of his neck and pulled him toward her once more to kiss him. She kissed him. And she kissed him. And she kissed him. And she kept kissing him back.
The two share a passionate kiss and began making out on the bed, the two started exploring with each other while not giving each other a position to back down with each movement lust and love felt greater with every step for each other with the older one guiding the younger inexperience to where he had not been before as she took the lead with every urge she kept within her. For Flay this was something she waited for so long until now as it was before.
To him it was his first but to her it was her second and knew every place that makes him tick. She satisfies him over and over again, not letting him relent and giving him pause to stop. Both did not want to end and both continued to push the limits of one another.
His fingers flirted with the hem of her suit. "Can I touch you?"
"Anywhere." Flay whispered as she catches her breathe
He licked the rim of her ear. "Anywhere? Really?"
"Really."
Twisting her neck, she pulled his mouth to hers for a brief, wet kiss, sucking his tongue until his vision turned white around the edges.
She let out a choked sound, and he paused. "Okay?"
"Yes." Her hips tipped, pressing her tighter against his hand. "Please."
Kira lifted his head for a moment, raising himself up on his arms enough to make eye contact, and she groaned at the sudden absence of that incredibly talented tongue.
"Everything okay?" His mouth was wet with her, his pupils wide and dark. "If I do something you don't like, just tell me. Or if you want me to stop—"
Leaning forward, she tucked her hair behind her ears and petted his dampening chest.
"Everything okay?" He asked And he kissed her.
Flay's lips parted. This was real, yet not simple at all. He smelled of honey and sugar that only Flay could describe. Sweet beneath the lips. He tasted like the honey he'd licked off his fingers.
Her heartbeat skidded, and it was Flay who leaned greedily into the kiss, she who slid one knee between his legs. Then his breath went ragged and the kiss grew dark and deep. He lifted her up on the bed so that her face was level with his, and as they kissed it seemed that words were hiding in the air around them, that they were invisible creatures that feathered against her and Kira, then nudged, and buzzed, and tugged.
Speak, they said. Speak, the kiss answered.
She went up so that her mouth was against his. It was barely a kiss—just a quick, startling press of her lips. Before she could even think of moving away, he had hold of her. He knew he was probably doing everything wrong, but he couldn't bring himself to worry, because she was in his arms, her lips were parting, her hands were twining around his neck and sweet, her tongue was in his mouth. feeling her nip at his lip with her clever teeth, feel her body fitted against his own, hear her release that little sigh in the back of her throat, why would he ever bother doing anything else? Why would anyone?
They were lying on the chair, leaning inside the cramped cockpit, her mouth on his sensitive body, her hand moving around him slowly. An intricate science, his whole body imprisoned there, a ship in a bottle. He was going to come. Come in her.
Moving forward, his fingers pulling back her hair like torn silk, he released, disappearing into her. She crooked her finger, motioning, and he bent down and put his mouth on hers. Kira took her tongue and wrestled with her. They passed back and forth between them till it no longer existed, till they didn't know who had him like a lost planet somewhere in the body.
The couple continued until they had no more energy with the cockpit filled with their love scent. As if the world belongs to them and them only with nothing to disturb them from their action, no one to judge and no one to say anything.
Once they were both satisfied, they both slowly drifted asleep, waiting for the rescue would have to wait as they both couldn't care what was happening and where the hell they were. It was when the unit self recharge its battery became full once more did they get up after hours of their intense love making session.
"Looks like we have to leave, lover boy." Flay muttered as her arms were still wrapped around him.
"Do we have too?" Kira asked in a sleepy tone.
"Yes, cause I don't want to be a prisoner of war." Flay playfully mock him.
Kira sighed and got up. He looked around and found their suits were all over the place in the cockpit with Flay covering herself with only her arm. He blushes at the sight to which Flay took notice of it and let's go, fully exposing her for him to see fully. He turns away from letting her see his embarrassment, only for her to laugh at his expense.
"What? Don't tell me you don't like what you are seeing?" Flay teased him.
"No, it's… i just can't believe we did it that's all…" Kira explained, attempting to cover up.
Flay knew of his reaction and continued to grin at him like a devil.
"Oh, my love. It will be even better when we…" She got up and whispered in his ear. "Get back and continue in our love nest."
Kira mourned as her action teases his body, wanting more of her. Right now. She giggled and shook her head with her finger pressed against his lips.
"Not now though." Flay ordered. "I promise we can do whatever you want when we get back alright?"
Kira could only muster a nod as in his mind is now running at extreme speed, thinking of so many possibilities, scenarios and plans before coming to realise they were back in their suits and they were flying again.
"Kira you alright back there?" Flay asked as she gently turn right
"Yeah… It's just I never expected you to fly so well." Kira said as he looked at the view
Flay smiled "To be fair, we were engaging. Not the best time to show off to your lover when you are fighting for your life."
Kira chuckled at her answer as he continued to look outside from his monitor.
"Where do you think we are?" Kira asked.
"Most likely North Africa, given the sand and all." Flay answered back. "The unit's scan indicated that the Archangel landed south from our position so I'm heading there now."
"Do you think they will be alright?" He asked in a worried tone.
"Deep in enemy territory with little to no way of getting back to friendly space?" Flay giggled. "For sure they will be alright. As long as they give up the ship and the two prototypes on board."
"Sorry stupid question." Kira chuckled.
Flay laughed. "Glad you realised it but what I'm more worried about is us, from what i can see, damage is minor with only the paint being burned due to the atmosphere reentry."
"And the shot that the Ginn made?" Kira added.
"Hit the tip of the wing, which I found quite funny, since space doesn't actually have air." Flay answered back. "Don't know how I lost control."
Kira nodded in silence but still couldn't help feeling sad as he wondered what made her drive so hard to be who she is now as they flew onwards where there is nothing to see but sand all round them.
"Flay?" He spoke, breaking the silence.
"Hmm? Yes?" She replied with a question.
"What made you become so… errr…. Well you?" He asked while trying to not insult her.
"Easy, to protect the person I love no matter the cause and to never forget the person I lost that day." She answered as she turn the unit left
"Oh… he must have been pretty amazing." Kira replied sadly
"He's you, dummy." Flay laughed, "I never been with anyone else aside from you and well Sai."
"Wait what?" Kira was shocked by her reply "I thought… I thought you met someone else that's why-"
"I was so good in bed?" Flay grinned widely inside her helmet "That I know where your sensitive spots are? That I know how to please you with my assets?"
Kira at this point was red as a tomato causing Flay to laugh at his expense.
"N-n-no! I didn't mean that!" Kira panicked only for the red hair woman to laugh even harder
"Relax Kira, I know you don't mean that way." She said as she giggled "Again, I only have been with two people and only you who saw me fully despite six years has passed."
Kira blushed at the statement without realising they flew right past a canyon.
"Kira, looks like we found a canyon. We can fly the Archangel here later for cover before we make it out of North Africa. Mark it on the map will you?" Flay stated
"Huh? Oh! Understood." Kira quickly marked the map but stopped when he saw a small bright light in the distance. "Flay, are you seeing this?"
"See what Kira?"
"There's a bright light on the left side." He answered
She looked at where he said and saw the light he mentioned. Her eyes widened and began accelerating the unit. This caused Kira to hold the handle of the seat due to the sudden speed of the unit. They quickly made haste and arrived just above the said light, it was a small Zaft division force with a mobile suit that Flay thought of as dogs given it being on four legs.
"My god…" Flay muttered
"Are they planning to attack the Archangel?" Kira asked
"Looks like it…" Flay began to encircle the zaft force "Kira informed the Archangel about it and tell them we are going to engage now."
"What?!" her order shocked Kira. "Flay we can't engage them! We don't have the firepower to do so!"
Flay smiled "Do you trust me Kira?"
"Yes I do! But-"
"Do you trust me?"
Kira sighed "I'll inform Miriallia we are going to be late."
"Good boy. Now hang on!" Flay declared and began to dive "Coming out of radio silence, preparing to engage zaft forces, IFF has been marked as hostiles, weapons are primed and ready."
The unit dived down hard, causing the unit sound to scream. This made the entire enemy force to panic with them not knowing where the sound was coming only for a few seconds later an explosion happened all around them without pause and without notice. Flay pulled back the Rezel hard up and unleashed another grenade launcher shot on an unsuspected quadruped mobile suit, destroying it at ease as the missile penetrated the thin top armour where the weapon was located.
"Splash one!" Flay declared
"Flay! Some of their copters are starting up!" Kira shouted
"Copy that! Switching to air to air combat now!" She answered back.
She flew low and marked the target with her hud display helmet. Once done, Flay pressed the button and fired a beam shot towards them. The enemy tried to evade it but was not able to as they were still trying to take off only for them to get shot down. Flay then fires the head mounted cannon at the remaining copters resulting in total air superiority.
"All enemy air forces have been neutralised." She declared "Switching to ground attack now."
"More BuCUEs coming in front of us!" Kira exclaimed
"The what?!"
"The four legged mobile suits!" He answered back
"Ah! Got it!" She acknowledges and fires at them.
She fires the head cannons and managed to pierce the armour but was not enough to disable it. This causes the red-haired woman to curse under her breath and begin to circle back for another attack run. The enemy force tried to shoot down the unit but weren't able to hit it due to its speed making it almost invisible to the naked eye and their targeting system. Flay knew this would happen as in her training, the speedy units she was up against was the very thing she had difficulty in taking down.
"Seriously, who decided to put a weapon on top of them without protection?!" Flay asked as she pulled up "it just made it easier to target them."
"You do realise that they are actually one of the more advanced mobile suits zaft fields right?" Kira said deadpanned.
"Couldn't tell! They all got blown up after shooting them." Flay said while grinning like a devil.
Suddenly warning signs started blaring, showing one of the enemy had a lock on them. The next second, a missile warning signal lights up.
"Looks like one of them finally got a lock on us." Flay stated
"Got missiles coming in left and right!" Kira announced
"Hang on Kira! I'm defending!" Flay ordered and push the unit to the limits
The unit flew upwards in a steep slope with the missiles flowing towards them, she banked right and left but the missile was still trailing them. Flay then smirked at this and did the infamous barrel roll causing them to spiral out of control hitting one at the other, resulting in a beautiful explosion behind them, leaving only one missile.
"Deploy countermeasures Kira!" She ordered
Kira pushed the flares and a trail appeared at the back of their unit, the remaining missile went for it, swerving off course. Flay pushes the controls downwards with both hands in a hard push dive on to the unsuspecting enemies with a trail of death and lead upon them. One by one they got hit by the beam rifle, it did its job by disabling them and gave the distinct sound known as the 'beam splash sound'. Making her enemies fear as they tried to run from the unseen opponent.
"Kira! Switch to thermal image, we need to find if there's any more." Flay ordered as she cycle through her selection of weapons
Kira did so and found most were disabled by Flay's attack and are withdrawing but a few are making their way to the Archangel in what appears to attempt to launch an attack on the ship.
"There are some going for the Archangel Flay!"
"Got it!" Flay acknowledged "Come in Archangel, hostiles IFF marked in red are in bound to your area. Requesting confirmation on assisting mothership how copy?"
"This is Murrue solid copy, we are not airborne yet. Need assistance." Murrue answered
"Affirmative Captain, commencing gun run, north of your position in the area, danger close, how copy?"
"Yes! Just do it!" Mirrillia screamed "We are sitting ducks!"
"Copy that." Flay said and banked towards the white ship
The unit sped through the air with grace as it made its way towards the targets. Kira helped Flay by lining up the targets with the targeting computer at long range, causing the pilot herself to instant shoot her weapons when reached at minimum distance. It made the enemy lose control of the situation with having no idea where the shots were coming from and made them in disarray. Flay smiled at the situation and began picking them off one by one. The onslaught continued until the few remaining forces retreated. What to Kira's surprise was that the red haired woman continued to engage them despite their inability to cause harm. She lined up the attack once more but before she could pull the trigger Kira quickly shook her out of what appeared to be a trance.
"Flay! Snap out of it!" Kira demanded and kept shaking her "They can't attack us anymore!"
"Wha…" Flay looked back at him then looked at the controls, her hands were shaking "Right… sorry, got carried away there."
Kira sighed "It's ok Flay, let's go back to the Archangel and have breakfast?"
"Yea… that sounds lovely…" Flay stammered abit "Sorry you had to see me like that."
"It's alright, you're back now, that's all it matters."
"Thanks Kira."
Just as they were about to land, the engine gave out.
"Please tell me that's not the engine." Kira sighed
"Ok, I won't tell you then." Flay smirked
The Rezel then glided down and slowly hit the landing pad, skidding all the way with the brake flaps all the way up. They stopped only when the nose touched the end of the landing pad.
"Another happy landing." Flay stated
Kira rolled his eyes as the two of them got off the unit. This was the easy part when he realised they were being lectured by Murrue herself on not informing them and engaging the enemy without authorization and went out into the night without permission. Flay stood still while Mu and Nartarle just watched on.
"And another thing! Why would you engage Zaft forces without support?!" Murrue shouted "One shot and both of you are dead! Do you realise that!?"
"But we are not Ma'am." Flay answered, causing Mu to snicker which resulted in Murrue to give him a death glare and Nartarle jabbed him to stop "That and we kept the ship safe. Shouldn't you be happy about that?"
This made Murrue fuming "I don't know what they thought of you back in your world but here we follow orders and orders are absolute here!"
"Just get to the chase Ma'am, this isn't my first rodeo." Flay stated "Just punish me but don't punish Kira he has nothing to do with this."
Murrue sighed "I'll give your punishment later but for now please explain to us how you were able to fight off an entire zaft division by yourself?"
"I have Kira's help." Flay answered
"No, what Murrue means is where did you learn how to pull such stunts." Mu reiterated "Even I myself could not pull off such a feat."
Flay sighed "Its from my two years of training and four years of experience allow me to pull off what you considered an amazing fly show but to the soldiers and pilots back at the United Nation, it's pretty normal."
Everyone was shocked when she said it.
"N-n-normal?" Natarle stammered "What the hell did they train you?"
"The training that saves lives." Flay stated "Sweat and tears now, the less you bleed. That was the motto for our training."
The three looked at her with awe as she continued.
"To you this war is a life or death where it is a war to end all wars." Flay continued "To them it's a normal day at the office compared to what they had faced."
"And what is this thing?" Mu asked
"The end of human civilization." Flay answered "You know about the ELS we briefly described, that is their first phase but once it moves to stage two, that's when the end of civilization begins."
"How many stages are there Flay?" This time Kira was the one to ask her.
Flay looked at him and sighed "Sorry Kira but that's classified, even I don't know what happens."
The room was silent, no one wanted to be the first to speak. Only until Tolle and Miriallia came in when the sweet release of anxiety was made.
"Breakfast is ready!" Tolle announced
"Right… We will go now…" Murrue answered
"Before we leave for breakfast commander, we need to inform you that there is a canyon north east to our current position." Flay stated "If we are to make haste to Alaska, we need to move there for cover to avoid any more unnecessary engagement."
"Not a bad idea kid, that's a great idea." Mu said
Murrue sighed "but that would be too obvious since, there will be mine laid all around there."
"Don't worry, back in training they taught us how to disable them with our suits." Flay answered "All you need to do is follow me and Kira will protect me."
"When you mean suit, you mean you are going to walk over to the potential minefield and disarm it yourself?" Natarle questioned
"Yes."
"Flay! No! you will die if you do that!" Kira exclaimed and pull her hand
"Don't worry handsome I won't accidentally step on one, even if I do it won't just explode cause usually mines require a certain weight to trigger before exploding unless it is an anti-infantry one which again I highly doubt it."
"She's right kid but it's still very risky." Mu said
"The only risk is being exposed out in the open and getting shot by the enemy."
"Fine, we will do it your way as a punishment for insubordination and this is also an opportunity to learn more about you and your training." Murrue stated ending the conversation
Kira wanted to argue but Flay stopped him and pulled his face to look directly in her eyes. She nodded and smiled at him, which all he could do was sighed at the stubbornness of this woman.
It was after breakfast they were out and about again, with Flay leading the front on foot while the Strike gundam followed her behind and the Archangel tailing them slowly as they made their way into the canyon. Mu on the other hand were flying sorties around the ship at a long distance to provide early warning signals. Kira stares at the monitor which was looking at Flay slowly disarming mines one by one with her suit. He still couldn't believe it, the girl he has a crush on, became the grown woman she is now doing stuff he couldn't imagine, doing stuff that even a grown man would rather go home than be on the front but here she is doing what needs to be done.
"Kira, could you stop staring at my ass? It's starting to get embarrassing." Flay ordered as she tried to cover the area with her hands
Kira's face reddens at the comment when he realised that his monitor was looking directly at her round plum area. He shifted his Strike to another direction only for the crew on board to laugh.
"If you want, you can stare at me all you want later without everyone looking at us while our monitor is not connected."
"Sorry." He said
They continue on with the sun now complete out, basking them in the scorching heat. Flay persisted despite the heat being well over the human tolerance but it's as if she's not affected by it. When they finally manage to reach to the middle of the canyon. Murrue ordered the team to stop in order to catch a breather. Flay finally sat down and took off her helmet, revealing she was sweating inside the suit and started pouring water over her head to cool her off. Kira jumped out of the cockpit and ran towards her with more water.
"Thank Kira, you're a lifesaver." Flay said as she took the bottle and drank its contains
"Are you fine? You shouldn't push yourself." Kira plead
Flay shook her head. "It's alright, my suit has a built-in cooling system. It's just not strong enough."
Mu landed the Aegis next to the Strike and got off. He looked at the back and whistled at the progress they made into the canyon.
"Kid, you are something else. What did they feed you to become a rock?" he asked with curiosity
Flay laughed, "It's the suit not me, even I would collapse under this heat."
"You think we will make it to alaska?"
"Hope so, I don't want to meet this Desert Tiger Kira used to fight before." She answered
"Kira fought before?"
Flay shook her head as the two watched her. "Sorry, it's the heat that's getting me, ignore what I said."
"Ok… look kid if you need to rest just do so." Mu said "Me and the rest of the team can handle this, there seems to be no more trouble along this route."
"You sure?"
"Very sure, tell you what. You go to rest with him, take him to a town nearby, go on a date or something."
"Really? The town is controlled by zaft. They will shoot us when they first see us." Flay said deadpanned
"Not unless you wear normal clothes that the locals wear." Mu turns to Kira "What do you say kid? Ready to go out with this smoking hot woman of yours?"
Kira blushed at the statement and vigorously nodded.
Flay rolled her eyes "Fine, only because of Kira wants too but I'm taking at least a pistol."
Mu agreed to that and the red head took Kira's arm to lead him towards the ship. It was an hour drive to the said town which was not far from the ship considering the land was barren, Flay drove a jeep while Kira sat beside her. He looked at her as she wore the local clothes which according to Mirrilla is called an abaya for the female and the thobe for the male respectively. Even though it covers her entire Physique, it still was able to show her hourglass figure. Flay noticed his gaze and smiled at him which he quickly turned away to avoid showing his reddish face.
"It's alright to look at me Kira." Flay stated. "At least I know you like what you see."
"I-i-it's I just don't want you to think of me like that."
Flay laughed "If it was my younger self maybe but now I enjoy you looking at me like that."
Kira knew she was teasing him but could not argue back as she was enjoying herself too much as she held his hand while driving.
"You like going fast huh, Flay?" Kira asked as he tried to change the subject
Flay nodded "Going fast gives me the excitement, the feeling of being alive and of course surviving a horde of men chasing after me does help also."
"Wha-?"
Flay laughed again, "Ok, I should stop pulling your legs."
"I… I wouldn't be surprised if it happens, after all you are beautiful…"
"T-thanks sweet talker." Flay blushed at the comment "Anyways we're almost there."
"Got anything in mind?"
"Lots and lots of makeup is a good start." Flay answered, "And maybe some souvenirs for our friends and the crew."
Kira nodded in agreement
"Still I feel like we're missing something." She pointed out
"What do you mean?"
"I mean like we're supposed to meet a person well, female to be exact." She stated "But if I meet this person I feel my blood boil just by looking at her."
"Is it jealousy?"
"Somewhat, it's been six years so I can't remember much."
"I should meet this person then." Kira jokingly said
"Don't test your luck, or you will be sleeping on the floor for the next five days."
"Understood ma'am."
As they arrived at the entrance of the town. The couple parked the jeep and headed off to the marketplace. Despite the town being under occupation of the zaft forces, the citizens are going on with their everyday life.
Flay uses this time to spend with Kira to the fullest as she takes his arm and wraps around it, pretending to be helpless as the two visit from shop to shop. Unknown to them they were being followed by two strange individuals, trailing them from the back carefully.
Usually, Flay would have noticed this but she was so caught up in the moment she couldn't register the threat that was following them as she was haggling with the seller on the price of the makeup they have in stock. Kira just watches her victoriously winning her banter after banter but he was sure it wasn't because of how good she was but rather because they were staring at her. It doesn't matter if it was male or female. He was a bit jealous of the situation but Flay made sure he shouldn't as she continued around town with arms locked with each other.
By noon, the couple were starving and made their way to a store where to Kira surprise Flay ordered Kebabs instead of the typical salad which he thought was what she would have fancy. He stared at her as she devoured kebab after kebab all the while a few stared at them as they saw her eating like she hadn't eaten for a while.
"Kira, you haven't touched your food." She stated as she took another bite
"Wha- oh sorry, it's just I never ate one before." Kira explained
Flay smiled "Alright then let me help you with it."
She helped him unwrap the foil and proceed to put on some yoghurt sauce.
"Say ahhh…" She said and held the food to his mouth.
Kira took a bite of it and savoured it with every chew he made.
"It's good." He said
"Alright now try it with the chilli sauce." She said and pour the red sauce on top
Again he took a bite and again he enjoyed it very much. This made Flay very happy and continued again. Their world was interrupted by a man in sunglasses as he approached them with his food.
"Sorry to disturb you two but would you mind if I sit next to you?" he asked
Kira looks at Flay and she stares back at him, giving the nod, indicating it's ok.
"Erm… yeah sure." Kira answered
The man proceeds to sit down next to the couple.
"So I see you two are not from around here." He stated "And I suggest you put yoghurt sauce on your kebab. It's way better."
"Thanks but I prefer both." Flay answered back "And yes how did you know?"
"The way you two act around each other and the accents." He answered and stared at them intently "Also what's a coordinator and a natural doing here? Are you guys from the white ship?"
Kira tense up at the question, how did he find out he wondered but Flay took the opportunity and answered back.
"Oh just my husband and I love travelling so much and our next stop was here." Flay answered back "And what ship? We only came here today."
The man was shocked by the answer and looked at Kira then back to her.
"Erm… are you serious?" he asked then look back at Kira "Aren't you a bit young to marry? And how the hell did you get such a fine woman?"
"By being a gentleman and loving who I am." Flay answered as she wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder.
Kira's face reddens and nods in agreement which makes the man drop his kebab. Just then another person came along which this time was a female with blonde hair, wearing glasses.
"Would you guys mind if I sat next to you guys? There's no space left." She asked
"Sure… go ahead." The man said while still trying to recover from the shock
The woman gladly did so and began pouring chilli sauce on her kebab deliberately as if she knew the man would hate it but showed no reaction. The woman fumed at it and turned to the couple whom she saw the red head was enjoying every minute of the man's shocked expression.
"Sooo… you guys are-"
"Not around here, on vacation, didn't see a white ship, yes he's a coordinator and I'm a natural." Flay cut her off quickly "Oh and he's my husband."
Kira notices she emphasises the word despite them not being married yet as if she senses something with the young blonde woman would do something to them.
"Flay is this what you're talking about?" he asked
"Huh? Oh erm… maybe?" she said but wasn't sure either
"Sooo… your name's Flay?" The blonde woman said
"Yes, what about it?"
"Nothing so the name's Cagalli." She stated "What is your erm… husband's name?"
"Kira."
"Nice to meet you Kira." She smiled at him
"Likewise… Cagalli." Kira answered back with Flay's eyes was still darting at the woman
"Well since we introduced ourselves the name's Andrew Waltfeld." The man said while removing his sunglasses
"Andrew Waltfeld!" Cagalli exclaimed and got up
"Who?" Flay asked
"He's the legendary dessert tiger; he's the one who defeated the Eurasian Federation tank corps at El Alamein!" Cagalli answered
Flay looked at Kira but he too didn't know who he was.
"Erm… congrats I guess?" Flay said, unsure to make out of
Andrew laughed.
"Oh my! This is my first! Someone finally doesn't recognize me!" he exclaimed "This is a nice change of pace."
Just then gunfire erupted all around them. Flay quickly lifted the table up and took Kira behind it. She laid her body on top of him as the shots began raining down on their position.
"Keep your head down Kira!" Flay ordered "The table is not to provide cover, it's just there to cover our movement!"
"What about Andrew and Cagalli!?" Kira shouted back as the gun fire sounds became intense
"We're ok!" both of them answered
"Stellar! Nice that you two are alive, follow me! We're getting out of here!" Flay commanded and took out her pistol.
Flay removed her abaya and overly sized clothes revealing her long red hair hourglass figure with a tactical vest. She drew out her pistol and began firing at the direction the gun shots were coming from. The gun fire stops momentarily and Flay seized the chance as she jumped out and fired several shots at them. A few connected, killing them instantly due to the strength of the bullet which was not seen before. The infamous desert tiger saw the carnage the small pistol made was amazing in short as it left holes on the supposed victims and the ones that did not connect hit the walls and left craters in their wake.
"Kira! Get behind me!" Flay ordered
He did so as he put his hand on her shoulder as the two began moving followed by the others at the back. start moving back towards their jeep.
"Listen up! Our jeep's half a klick through the town centre. Follow me and keep it tight. on me! Clear?" Flay shouted.
"Clear!" They shouted.
"We gotta get out of here. Through the town. Let's get it on!" Flay exclaimed and fired her gun.
Flay breaks the gate ahead open. The group advances through the town.
They begin to emerge from the corridor. A helicopter flies overhead.
"This place sure gets a lot of traffic." Andrew stated.
Lots of unknown suspects with guns can be seen ahead.
"Multiple patrols along the perimeter. Primary entry point is the front." Flay muttered as she reloaded her pistol. "We're goin' hot!"
Flay slides down the road and starts engaging them.
She easily kills all the soldiers at the entrance.
"Holy crap! You see what she did to them?" Cagalli exclaimed.
"Stay focused. We're moving! I'm pushing in!" Flay ordered
"Got one on the wall! Flay!" Kira exclaimed.
The group starts pushing through down the road.
"They're falling back!" Andrew pointed out.
"Keep pushing!" Flay shouted.
As they move up, a helicopter drops off more troops.
"Multiple contacts!" Flay exclaimed.
The enemies begin falling back deeper into the buildings. The group follows them and advances.
"Enemy reinforcements! I'm taking 'em out!" Flay stated
"Flay! We're about halfway to the jeep!" Kira exclaimed
She cleared the area and reached another gate.
"Let's wipe up. We gotta get to the jeep." Flay said
An enemy mobile suit flies down onto them, a captured Ginn type.
"Enemy Mobile suit!" Flay exclaimed.
"Get to cover kids! Flay! Find a way to take this thing down!" Andrew exclaimed.
"Not good! Not good!" Flay shouted. "Fall back! Into the building!"
"This thing is too much for me!" Flay exclaimed. "I need to disable its weapons to take it out!"
"Flay, your pistol can pierce its armour." Kira stated. "Target the arms, Flay!"
Flay starts using her pistol to attack the captured Ginn. Flay destroys one of the Arms.
"Now's your chance to take it out!" Kira shouted.
"And how the hell do I kill this thing with only a pistol?!" Flay shouted back. "I'm human, not a god!"
"Get on his back and drop him!" Andrew answered.
"Gotta get up close and personal!" Flay stated.
"What? Are you crazy?!" Cagalli exclaimed.
Flay jumps on the mobile suit's back and uses her pistol. The mobile suit is destroyed.
"Woohoo! Nice one!" Andrew exclaimed. "You'd have made one hell of a soldier, missy."
"Thanks for the compliment." Flay simply answered.
"Haha! Our girl's still in the fight!" Andrew laughed and smacked Flay's back. "You're some tough metal!"
The group advanced through the narrow passages. Another helicopter approaches overhead.
"Heads up, we've got incoming!" Cagalli exclaimed.
"Could be my air support." Andrew retorted back.
The helicopter comes closer, revealing itself to be the enemy.
"Uhh, that ain't yours!" Cagalli answered back with a panicked voice.
"Find cover, now!" Flay ordered and pulled Kira close.
The helicopter begins attacking them. Flay is knocked down by the debris.
"I got you, Flay." Kira said.
He helps Flay up.
"Can you run?" Kira asked.
"Yeah! Go, Kira!" Flay said and pulled his arm.
They reach a building.
"Help me get this open, Flay." Kira said as he tried to push the door.
Flay and Kira force the door open.
"C'mon! C'mon!" Flay muttered loudly as she struggled.
"Inside! Inside!" Andrew ordered.
Everyone starts heading inside the building.
"We need to clear out before they hit our position again." Cagalli stated as she caught her breath.
"Yeah. Yeah, we got to go! Now!" Flay ordered. "Kira, you're with me."
"Aye."
Flay kicked the door down.
"Time waits for no man." Andrew stated. "Let's find a way out."
Flay nodded and cleared the street as she instinctively pointed her gun at the location where the enemy was most likely to be. She moves at such an extreme speed from street to street. They moved in a line formation with Flay leading the way, The fight continued until they made it to the jeep.
"Alright everyone hope on!" Flay ordered.
They did so and Flay pressed the accelerator, the jeep being floored as it went from zero to sixty in a few seconds causing the passengers to fall down onto the floor except Kira as he got somewhat used to her addiction to speed.
"Not a bad date eh? Kira?" Flay asked, "Too bad those bad guys had to ruin it."
Kira Laughed "My idea of going to the movies or treating you to a fancy restaurant is already out of the window!"
"Sorry to interrupt, but what the hell was that?!" Cagalli exclaimed
"About what?" Flay looked at her
"You were just going on like it was nothing! You were shooting those terrorist as they were target practice!"
"Forget about that! What about that pistol of yours! There is no way that small dingy thing can pack a punch!" Andrew added
"You're right, even I don't know why. Sometimes I swear my research team is dealing with some black magic bullshit!" Flay answered back
Just then a convoy of zaft force intercepted them. Flay stopped the jeep and looked at Andrew who sighed when he saw them.
"Friends of yours?" Kira asked
"Yeah… you could say that." He answered
A soldier approaches them.
"Sir are you alright?" he asked Andrew
"Yeah, thanks to her, Martin." He pointed as he got off
"Alright since you are with your friends I guess we better get going." Flay stated as started to reverse
She stopped when the entire group of soldiers pointed their guns at them in every direction but did not shoot as Andrew gave the hand signal to hold.
"I would like to invite you to my home. Since you have saved my life." Andrew said and pointed a pistol at her "I insist."
"And what happens if we don't accept your hospitality?" Flay asked with an intense stare
"Would you like to find out?" Andrew smirked.
Flay thought for a moment then looked at Kira who in turn looked back at her, he was afraid she thought and looked back at her blonde hair passenger and grinned like a devil.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked with a bit of nervousness in her voice.
"How good are you at dodging bullets?" Flay answered back with a question.
Cagalli blinked. "Are you serious?"
Flay laughed. "I jest! I jest!"
"Flay…" Kira mutters as he facepalm.
"Alright, Mr. Big bad wolf. We accept your invitation." Flay answered as she turned towards the man. "But try anything against us and you will see yourself in a… Would you say it was an accident?"
"Is that a threat?" He asked with a query look.
"I don't make threats, Mr. Tiger, I make guarantees." Flay stated with a hint of a threatening tone in her voice. "Why the hell are we talking like this is some kind of negotiation?"
Andrew stared at her for a minute as his soldiers were preparing for a signal, Flay got ready to step on the pedals but suddenly he laughed.
"I really like you alot! Damn if only I had an army of you, I would be set for retirement." Andrew chuckled.
"Well I am the best of the best." Flay declared proudly. "The cream of the crop!"
Andrew continued to laugh and signal his soldiers. "Alright stand down, troops. She's clear."
Kira sighed in relief as he witnessed Flay calm herself a bit.
"Come let's get back, I got some really nice coffee to offer." Andrew turned his back and walked away.
"Looking forward to it." Flay said as she stepped on the pedal.
"You will!" Andrew laughed.
She drove, and she didn't like the trip one bit. Mobile suits and escort armoured personnel carriers flanking on all sides with nowhere to run or escape.
"Kira, if things go bad, I want you to get away as fast as possible." Flay whispered. "I'll be right behind you."
"Flay, you're not thinking of…" Kira looks distressed.
"Don't worry I'm not going to sacrifice myself, besides we have the blonde tomboy at the back to do that for us." Flay pointed out.
"I heard that!" Cagalli shouted at the back.
"Then you know what to do, great!" Flay winked at her with a thumbs up.
"Why you little!" Cagalli angrily spoke and wanted to grab Flay but stopped when the red hair grabbed her hand.
"Whatever you are planning, don't. I'm driving but I know how to handle trivial threats." Flay warned.
Cagalli sat back down in silence and was fuming.
"You're enjoying this aren't you?" Kira looked at her with disappointment.
Flay laughed. "Calms the nerve, my sweet. Besides, she makes really poor bait anyway."
Cagalli screamed into Flay's ear which only caused her to laugh even louder while Kira could only sighed in defeat.
They made their way to the zaft base of the legendary desert tiger which to them looks like a mansion. As they made it, the ginns guarding there pointed their weapons at them while their jeep slowly proceeded further in the compound. They stopped directly in front of a huge wooden door and got off. They were greeted by a woman with Asian descent as she kissed Andrew.
They were led into the said mansion while cagalli were separated, Kira wanted to protest but was stopped by Flay as she shook her head while giving a signal telling him it's ok as if she sensed no hostile intent.
"Coffee?" Andrew offered a mug
Kira accepted while Flay looked at the drink with suspicion.
"If you're thinking I put poison in that coffee, I would rather die than waste a good cup of the Kopi Luwak."
"Not at all, I'm wondering if it's just the dirt they just branded in the ration pack." Flay stated
Andrew laughed.
"A woman after my own heart, too bad I already got one."
"And mine's a hundred times better than you."
Both of them laugh as if they have forgotten just what had happened and brush it off. Kira on the other hand was nervously watching the two as they exchanged banter.
"Alright, no more games." Andrew said "Why are you two here? It's a long way from Orb."
"Bold of you to assume I'm from Orb." Flay stated "But on paper I'm from the Earth Alliance while my husband is from Orb."
"Seriously, are you two really married?"
"I guess you could say that." Kira nervously chuckled
"Ooookkkk…. Anyways, you already answered my theory. next, are you two from the Earth Alliance prototype ship, the Archangel."
"Before, we answered that, please put that gun away." Flay commanded as she sipped her coffee "Your threats against me and him are uncalled for."
Andrew was stunned a bit. "How did you know about it?"
Flay Shrugged "Lots of experience and training does keep me on the edge but when you're with someone you love, it tends to dull a lot."
"So you knew?"
"I got the idea we were being followed but I was so into my date I didn't pick up we were followed that close." She answered
Andrew laughed. "For a natural, you're really good at your job."
"Not a job, more like basic training." Flay answered "By the way Kira, you're staring again."
"Oh! Sorry." Kira quickly turned his eyes in another direction.
"I see who's the Alpha in this relationship." Andrew commented.
"Naturally, I'm the older one here." Flay stated as she swings her hair
"Moving on, by chance are you the pilot who was flying the mobile suit?" Andrew asked
"I don't understand."
"I'm coming clean here, so my division was sent to intercept the Archangel." Andrew explained "But we were attacked by some unknown mobile suit, fast, agile. Most of my pilots couldn't see it and even then when they tried it just evaded. Thankfully most of it disables our machines with its weapons."
Kira sighed in relief knowing that most of the people survived Flay's own onslaught. He watched the two banter on with the older man being so intrinsic with his supposedly wife that made him feel a little jealous. He didn't know what cause to act but he did all of a sudden when he reached out to Flay and held her tightly.
"Erm… Kira?"
"Sorry Flay it's just I want to hold you that's all." He stated
Flay looked at him with curiosity then realised why he did so.
"Awww… aren't you sweet when you are a little jealous." Flay said as she pinch his cheeks
There was a knock on the door and two women entered, upon looking at them the first one was Andrew who recognized his lover while the other was Cagalli, which no one recognized due to the radical change from a tomboyish look to a beautiful woman.
Flay however, laughed at her predicament as her face shows it all being uncomfortable by what she is currently wearing. Kira tried to hold his chuckled but followed suit, causing the blonde woman to turn red and making her blood boil.
"Oh ha ha! Very funny." She angrily said
"He he… it's just that… HAHAHA!" Flay clenched her stomach "This look does not suit you."
Cagalli clenches her fist tightly "What do you mean it does not suit me!?"
"I'm saying that you had a face only a mother could have loved." She answered while laughing, "God miss, you made an ugly toad into a princess."
"I did my best after all." The woman said with a smile
"Arrgh! You know what, I'm going to wear this just to prove that I can wear anything."
"You do that princess." Flay said then turned back to Andrew "We will be leaving now."
"Yes but the next time we meet we will be enemies." Andrew answered
"Shame really, Kira seems to enjoy your coffee while I do like your company despite you being on the other side."
"Maybe after the war if you live, you and your erm… husband can come visit us?" he offered
"Sure, try not to get yourself killed." She replied back "Let's go darling, before he changes his mind."
"And what about Cagalli?" Kira asked as he look at her
"The princess can come if she wants too."
"I hate you so much." Cagalli muttered
Flay smiled as the trio left the mansion and drove out into the desert. The trip was silent with the only occasion of Cagalli pointing at the directions they needed to go to her hideout. Once they reached they were greeted by the resistance fighters only for them to be in a state of shock upon seeing the blonde woman with the red head trying to contain her laughter. It was something along the lines of how the mighty have fallen as the blonde woman steps off the jeep. Once she did so, Flay stepped on the accelerator before they could do anything to them, only to receive a loud string of vulgar words from the princess but was slowly muffled as they were getting further away from the area.
She and Kira laughed as they continued onwards in their journey towards getting back to the ship. The brunette boy looked at his driver as she was humming while she was driving. He enjoys the little moments they had and looking back now, it was hard to tell her the exact same person that treats the so-called dessert tiger as if he was nothing special, now she's just a normal girl who seems to love driving.
"Enjoying yourself Kira?" she asked
"Aside from the fighting, yea I do enjoy it." He answered
"Glad you did." She smiled at him "Cause when we hit back let's make some coffee with the stuff we bought."
"Isn't drinking a lot is bad for you?" he asked
Flay shook her head knowing he didn't get it and whispered, Kira's eyes widened at what she told him. He stares at her in shock but amazed at the same time followed by curiosity. She smiled seductively as she bit her lips all the while giving a sensual look with her eyes.
The night goes on between them, ignoring all that is happening around them. It didn't matter they were in the middle of a war, it didn't matter that the Archangel was making its way to the red sea, it didn't matter if Murrue was shouting at the top of her lungs to them when they got back. All it mattered was that the two were connected once more, only with more passion than the last time they did it. They explored each other once more, the two tried to one up each other, not giving a chance to take a rest. Both were daring with one and another, what they were afraid to do before, they did it now. They kissed each other in between their actions as they connected once again and again they felt as one.
"Kiss me," Flay demanded and He does.
The couple were kissing like crazy as if their lives depended on it. His tongue slips inside her mouth once more, gentle but demanding, and it's not like she had ever experienced but she suddenly understands why people describe kissing as melting because every square inch of Flay's body dissolves into his. her fingers grip his hair, pulling him closer.
her veins throb and her heart explodes. Flay has never wanted anyone except him. He pushed her backward and they were lying down on a familiar surface. All Flay wanted was the young boy in her arms. The weight of his body on top of her was amazing according to her. pressed against her, smelling his scent. The most delicious addicting smell one person could ever imagine. Flay wanted to breathe him, lick him, eat him, drink him again and again. His sweet lips taste of sugar with a bit of bitter coffee. She feels wonderful. Kira's hands were everywhere on her, and it doesn't matter that his mouth is already on top of hers.
His hands dropped to her waist.
"Destroy me." She ordered
There was a slight thump, making it seems something had clattered to the ground as he brought his mouth to hers. And there was no turning back. She was drowning in their own bed and body heat. Time ceased to be more than a notion, Her lips were hers one moment.
And then they were his.
The taste of him on her tongue was like sun-warmed honey. Like cool water sliding down her parched throat. Like the promise of all her tomorrows in a single sigh.
When she wound her fingers in his hair to draw her body against his, he stilled for breath, and she knew, as he knew, that they were lost. Lost forever. In this kiss. The kiss that would change them.
He gasped against her mouth. He must have been so sure she would push him away that for a moment he went still. Her hands glided over his shoulders, urging him with gentle touches, with a murmur against his lips, not to pause. Hesitantly he returned her caress, and then with greater force—kissing her again and again, each time with increasing urgency, cupping her face between his burning hands, his thin fingers stroking her skin, making her shiver.
The kiss caught fire and all Kira could see behind her closed eyes were gold sparks; all he was aware of was Flay's mouth, her strong gentle hands that had held down a gun, she was pressed against him, against the pillow they used to sleep with.
During her younger days she had discovered that a tongue had no real taste. she was sucking the tongue of the very young boy she fallen in love with, and she was sucking his tongue because Flay liked the way his fingers looked on the keys of the control board as he used it to kill their enemies, and she had liked the way he looked from the back as he walked towards her, and also, when she was close to him, she liked the way behind his ears smelled.
Those are the many things that had led to her here in his room, her back pressed against the bed, sucking his tongue. Someone should have told her that there were other things to seek out in a tongue than the flavour of it, for then she would not have been standing there sucking on poor Kira's tongue as if it were a lollipop with all its flavour run out and nothing left but the stick. As she was sucking away, Flay was thinking, Taste is not the thing to seek out in a tongue; how it makes one feel— that is the thing.
He put his head between her legs, nuzzling at first. His attempt was a little rough on the insides of her thighs. Then with his lips, then his tongue, he struck fire. Flay had to cry out in astonishment, in gratitude at being touched in that right place. Somehow, it makes her grateful when he finds the right place, maybe because when they were young so many times he kept finding the wrong place, or a series of wrong places, or no place at all. That strange feeling: gratitude and hunger. Her hunger was being teased. It also felt like a punishment. Flay kept thinking of the word "thrum," a cross between a throb and hum. She saw a flame trying to catch; she heard it, there was something she was after, something she was trying to achieve, and there was always the danger that she would have missed it, Flay wouldn't find it, or get hold of it. The terrible moment when one would be afraid while one wouldn't, the very person who said so will lose it, it won't work, can't work, it is unworkable and one is very, very desperate. At the same time, the person wants to stay in this place of desperation … At the same time, Flay is saying to herself, she is almost there, she is almost there, she can't possibly lose it now, keep on, keep on a bit longer, she is nearly there, she knows it, don't give up, she cannot lose now. Then suddenly she's there.
She is in a good mood. She is very playful. In the room they are undressed. they turn face to face.
"Ah," she murmurs.
"What?"
She is so wet by the time he has the pillows under her gleaming stomach that he goes right into her in one long, delicious move. They begin slowly. When he is close to coming he pulls out and lets it cool. Then he starts again, guiding it with one hand, feeding it in like a line. She begins to roll her hips, to cry out. It's like ministering to a lunatic. Finally he takes it out again. As he waits, tranquil, deliberate, his eye keeps falling on lubricants—her face cream, bottles in the armour. They distract him. Their presence seems frightening, like evidence. They begin once more and this time do not stop until she cries out and he feels himself come in long, trembling runs, the head of his prick touching bone, it seems. They lie exhausted, side by side, as if just having beached a great boat.
"It was the best ever," she says finally. "The best."
They did not realise the time had passed to the point it was dawn with the sun shining on the white ship as the red hair slowly got up only to be greeted by the monitor showing the outside world. Kira followed suit as he gave out a yawn, they both looked at each other, neither said a word between them only the soft eyes they have for each other.
"You want to know what I think?" Flay finally says, head dipping lower as she tries to get level with his eyes. "I think that if faith were trying to keep us apart, it's doing a shitty job. Because otherwise, we wouldn't be here together."
"Probably it's his first day" Kira smiled
Without warning, her mouth is on his. Flay kisses Kira roughly. Completely unyielding. Her hands are on the back of his head, holding him in place. And for a long, suspended moment, he was frozen, unsure of whether he wanted to push her away. Then, all at once, heat spreads through him, and she thaws.
He kissed her back.
The couple got interrupted when the siren sounded, they smiled and laughed at the situation as they got dressed up and ran out of the room only to leave behind their scent to anyone who dares to enter their room.
Kira noted the outside starting to get really hot with the haze starting to show on camera. Flay on the other hand flew really high up in the air with her Rezel unit to get a better view of the situation with Mu following behind in the infamous Skygrasper.
"Alright listen up." Murrue said as her silhouette appeared on screen "The resistance fighters are engaging the Desert Tiger while we are using this chance to get out of here. The battle is too close to us."
"Understood, what's the battle plan ma'am?" Flay asked as she circled around the ship
"Mu will be on rear guard while you will scout and see if any of the enemy mobile suits gets too close so Kira could shoot them off with the Strike." Murrue answered
"Great… being demoted to security…" Mu flatly stated
Flay laughed, "A very expensive security guard at that."
"Kid just do your job." He retorted " The faster we get out of here the better."
"Understood sir, you ready Kira?"
"Yea but should we be helping them?" Kira asked, "They don't have a chance to win."
"As much as I like to be a hero kid, our top priority is to get out of here and that's all it matters." Mu answered
"So we're just going to leave them to die?!" Kira raised his voice
"I'm sorry Kira but I agree with him on that." Flay added "There are some fights we best avoid, even when it means we have to sacrifice a few so others could live."
Kira grumbled but didn't answer back.
The fight began in the distance while zaft forces were heading towards them, they seem to not know their location as Flay determined they were in a very wide formation rather than a spear head formation which is a good indicator that the ship has a chance to escape to the red sea without getting shot at. This thought process was quickly forgotten as the resistance force began to attack them.
While the half-tracks were in numerous numbers, they lacked the training of a well-disciplined force as they were attacking at random without a focus on a single target. There was one that caught her interest, it was BuCUEs that was painted in orange with stripes, there was another which had three gundams and one ginn custom that looked out of place as they were riding on the land ships.
"Archangel, I have spotted the three gundams and one what appears to be a ginn custom riding on a land ship with the desert tiger in the front, how copy over?"
"This is Mirrillia, Captain acknowledges and has ordered all crew to be on standby." Mirrialla stated
"Understood, Maintaining distance and visual range." Flay said "Kira you got a visual from me?"
"Yea, do you think Athrun is there?" Kira asked
"Hope not, you don't want to fight him do you?"
Kira shook his head. It was then they both noticed that one of the halftrack contains a certain passenger as her blonde hair could be spotted with Rezel's camera as they were trying to shoot down one of the enemy but their weapons did nothing to the armour.
"Is that Cagalli?" Kira looked with curiosity
"Archangel, permission to engage the enemy?" Flay asked as one of the half-tacks got destroyed. "The resistance is really getting creamed over there."
Murrue sighed "You have permission to engage, just don't get too cocky."
"Understood, weapons free. I repeat weapons free, hostiles are now marked in red on the HUD display." Flay stated "Preparing to engage. You ready Kira?"
"Ready as I'll ever be."
"Good, Marking targets with laser guided wiring signals." She announced, "Kira, all you need to do is follow the signal and fire at a distance, you don't need to go close."
"What happens if I miss? I can't see beyond my scope." He stated
"Don't you trust me?" She asked with a smug look
Kira shook his head "Understood, waiting on your signal."
Flay began marking her targets as she pointed her unit directly at them while still being high up above them. Kira got the signal and began firing his beam rifle way beyond the recommended range and out of his sight. The shot hit the target, destroying the zaft unit as it created a small explosion in the distance.
"Target hit!" Flay announced
The crew in the Archangel cheered after hearing her saying those words. Kira fired again and again, each time he shot, more units destroyed or disabled by his accuracy with Flay helping him target them without the need to be at close distance.
The enemy reacted to the new threat they were facing and quickly spread out and headed towards the shots, ignoring the resistance fighters. The enemy began shooting in the general direction with the desert tiger in the front of the formation.
Kira quickly fires another round into them but this time they are able to dodge the incoming bolts of beam. Mu joined in and fired directly at them with his missiles but it only did little to no damage to them. The ace pilot evaded incoming attacks as zaft forces began closing the distance.
"We're almost at the red sea, hold them back!" Murre ordered
"Easier said than done beautiful!" Mu retorted back "Oi young lady! A little help here would be great!"
"On my way Hawkeye." Flay said and begins to dive on them
The enemy were getting closer and closer. They turned their attention to the Archangel and began shooting at it. A few of the shots grazed, causing the white ship to shake. The crew started to panic whereas Kira tried his best and continued firing.
This time the enemy were in firing distance, Kira got off and began charging at them while continue firing with Mu following suit in his skygrasper but Kira failed to realise the sand gave way to his mobile suit, once he landed on the soft surface, the suit stumble and fell to the ground in a spectacular fashion with its head landed face first into the sand.
"Kira! Are you alright?!" Flay asked in a panic voice as she saw the events unfolded
"Yea just not used to standing on something soft." He replied as he tried to get up
The gundam got into a kneeling position and fired at the incoming mobile suits but failed to hit them. The desert tiger took the opportunity and rushed towards Kira with its beam saber head active.
Kira tried to prepare for the confrontation as he readied his own beam saber but it didn't happen as Flay jumped on top of the desert tiger in combat mode smashing its head into the ground with its entire weight of the mobile suit. She then proceeded to disable the mobile suit with its bare hands as she ripped the main cannon off the top and the head of the suit. Flay, making sure to double tap as the doctrine of warfare dictates, brought her beam rifle and shot off the legs of the now disable mobile suit.
"That was a bit anticlimactic if I'm honest." Mu stated as he witness the whole scene played out
"That's war, hero or not, they all get one shot." She said while shrugging her shoulders. "That and a lot of luck, seriously how come they don't pay attention to the sky? Don't they have air support for this?"
"Judging by what you did, I'm betting my money on no."
Flay rolled her eyes and turned towards Kira who is now in the upright position but still having trouble adjusting as he stumbles around.
"You alright tough guy?" She asked as she grab his mobile suits hand for added support
"Yea, don't worry about me Flay." He answered and point towards the disable orange suit"What about the pilot in that?"
"He'll live, I just disable the poor pup." She commented "I'll engage the remaining forces, Kira, provide firing support on the rear, the Archangel is almost at the red sea."
"And what do you want me to do little missy?" Mu said deadpanned "I'm also here you know."
Flay chuckled "You can be my wingman, support from the air, we are going to disable those gundams so they won't come for again."
"You sure? It's four against two."
"More of three and a half against one and a half." Flay flatly stated "No offence but your weapons won't do anything to them except your beam cannon."
"Wooow… thanks…"
"Hey, I'm giving the half they have, so don't feel too bad." Flay smugly said
"Kid, If I was in your-"
"Guys! They are coming closer!" Kira interrupted them
"Right!" both of them shouted
Flay transforms back to flight mode and sped away towards the land ship. The four elites on top were firing away at her while Mu did a strafing run on the remaining enemies. Flay shot several rounds at them but missed the four and the results were them directing their shots at her once more but with more intensity.
Missiles were fired by the buster in quick succession with the hopes of trying to stop her from getting too close to them. Flay deployed countered measures and flares began popping out behind her unit. She also performs the infamous cobra move with all the missiles and shots missed her narrowly which amazed everyone.
"What the fuck was that?!" Mu shouted over the comms
Flay wasn't paying attention to him as she got into close combat as she changed to combat mode and went for the buster. The buster jumped out of the way, replacing the duel gundam as it drew its beam saber out. She returned in kind but instead of a beam saber she increased the output of her rifle which resulted in a long beam saber known as the 'Guillotine burst'. The duel struggles to output the unit as it starts to lose balance.
"My, my, encountering you all here again." Flay said as she tuned in to the open channel for everyone to listen "Even though I'm not born under the sign of Virgo, I'm inclined to believe fate is being sentimental to me, or maybe because you guys are sticking out like a sore thumb."
The four elites didn't say anything as they were in shock that the duel gundam was trying desperately to out power her.
"Most likely its choice number two!" Flay shouted and pushes the thrusters of her unit
The duel stumbled and fell to the sand. She then moves on to the other three mobile suits. The blitz attempts to jump on her but misses as she gracefully dances her way out of danger.
"You think you could hit me with that clumsy attack?!" Flay commented "I admire your strength but is this what the best coordinators have to offer?!"
She continues to provoke them as she turns her beam off and uses her unit's bare hand and proceeds to grab the blitz shoulder pad.
"I'm going to take this back as a souvenir!"
The ginn saw this and began shooting at her but was too late to prevent the damage as she got the piece off from the unit.
She once again dances out of trouble with shots from the custom ginn missing her unit. It then rushes forward but what surprises Flay was it took out a beam saber, something that it shouldn't have. Once again she jumped out of the way easily.
"Oh ho! A beam saber? Feisty one aren't you?" She commented as she prepared to attack "Too bad you're not in a gundam you would have been a better challenge."
"Flay get back here!" Murrue ordered as she interrupted the duel "We're almost at the red sea."
"Understood returning to the boat." She hissed and flew off, leaving the four bewildered elites.
The trip was pretty dull considering the situation they were in. The white ship sped up as the helmsman, Arnold pressed the thrusters to the max without pause.
While this was going on, the couple were in their room with Flay reaching out and casually tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and without meaning to, she sucked in a breath and leaned in to his touch.
His brow cleared, and his eyes turned to honeyed fire as they drifted down to her lips, which, she noted, were now parted. It was like her body was this traitor, acting without her brain's permission.
Especially considering what she was thinking earlier, that annoying voice inside head tried to interject. Something along the lines of is she seriously going to let hormones get the best of her when there are important things to consider?
But when Kira dipped his head down and pressed his mouth to hers, his rough stubble scratching against her chin in the most delicious way, her brain shut up entirely. His arms wrapped around her waist, cinching her to him, and she put her hands in his hair, feeling the silken strands between her fingers.
He'd called her beautiful again and again. She knows that but only realising the only person to call her that was him, nobody had ever called her that before, except her family, which didn't count. Families were required to think one should always be beautiful. She stared at him.
"We should probably get to the bed," he said again. She was sure she was making him uncomfortable with the staring, but she didn't seem to be able to stop.
The moon, directly overhead now, lit every thing on the ship nearly to daylight brightness. In between one step and another she saw a white spark struck off something on the floor: It was the tools the engineering team had been using to fix her machine, lying on its side. She jerked hastily back to avoid stepping on it, and her shoulder bumped his—he put a hand out to steady her, just as she turned to apologise, and then she was somehow in the circle of his arm and he was kissing her.
It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her: His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; then he put both arms around her and pulled her against him. His lips softened. She could feel the rapid beat of his heart, taste the sweetness of the chocolate still in his mouth. She wound her hands into his hair, as she'd wanted to do since the first time she'd seen him. His hair curled around her fingers, silky and fine. Her heart was hammering, and there was a rushing sound in her ears, like beating wings—
He took her left hand and sucked the ends of her fingers in turn, and put his tongue on the violin player's calluses there. They kissed, and it was in this moment of relative optimism for Flay that she felt his arms tense, and suddenly, in one deft athletic move, he had rolled on top of her, and though his weight was mostly through his elbows and forearms planted on either side of her head, she was pinned down and helpless, and a little breathless beneath his bulk. She felt disappointment that he had not lingered to stroke her pubic area again and set off that strange and spreading thrill. But her immediate preoccupation – an improvement on revulsion or fear – was to keep up appearances, not to let him down or humiliate herself, or seem a poor choice among all the women he had known. She was going to get through this. She would never let him know what a struggle it was, what it cost her, to appear calm. She was without any other desire but to please him and make this night a success, and without any other sensation beyond an awareness of the end, strangely cool, repeatedly jabbing and bumping into and around her. Her panic and disgust, she thought, were under control, she loved Kira, and all her thoughts were on helping him have what he so dearly wanted and to make him love her all the more. It was in this spirit that she slid her right hand down between him and her. He lifted a little to let her through.
She found him fumbling around first and, not at all afraid now, she curled her fingers softly round this extraordinary bristling item she had seen in different forms on him. Drawing her fingers across its underside, she arrived at the base, which she held with extreme care, for she had an idea how sensitive or robust it was due to doing this many times with him. She trailed her fingers along its length, noting with interest its silky texture, right to the tip, which she lightly stroked; and then, amazed by her own boldness, she moved back down a little, to take him in firmly, about halfway along, and pulled it downwards, a slight adjustment, until she felt it just touching.
How could she have known what a terrible mistake she was making? Had she pulled on the wrong thing? Had she gripped too tight? He gave out a wail, a complicated series of agonised, rising vowels, the sort of sound she had heard once in a comedy film when a waiter, weaving this way and that, appeared to be about to drop a towering pile of soup plates.
In horror she let go, as Kira, rising up with a bewildered look, his muscular back arching in spasms, emptied himself over her, in vigorous but diminishing quantities, filling her, coating her. as both collapsed and fell asleep.
The day went by as the maintenance crew with Murdoch in charge worked tiredly trying to refit the strike and Rezel unit to mint condition while Flay and Kira wasted no time and reprogrammed the Aegis for Mu to finally use it given the results of the last battle were mediocre at best.
Kira was very happy as he and Flay were working together, it's something that he would have never dreamt of. In his mind it would have been going on to the beach or watching something like the sunrise and sunset together but now they were discussing and implementing codes to the Aegis in order to make it as simple as possible.
"You know if it was my younger self I would have just given this up and gone shopping." Flay said with a chuckled
"And yet here you are, working with me on this." Kira replied back as he type away on the program
"Yup and probably I'll complain to you about why is it taking so long or why is it so boring."
Kira laughed, "I won't deny it, your words not mine."
Flay playfully slapped him in the head, they continued working on the coding while being blissfully aware there are people watching them. As they were in their own little world the rest of life moved on.
The ship was continuing at full speed not stopping for anything. There were occasional scouts who approached them but were ward off by the Mu who was in the feeble skygrasper as it shot its weapons on incoming forces as a warning.
The ship finally made its way to friendly territory, the Orb nation which they will be docked there after Murrue stated the supplies that they got from the United Nation were finally running out. This was an opportunity for the crew to get some rest and relaxation.
Upon hearing this, Flay made sure Kira met his parents no matter what, so she put in an all nighter and when the day came, the Aegis was ready for combat with the program back up copy for the Orb nation.
not before a quicky as Kira wrestled her to the cold damp floor. She was fighting, laughing, her uniform torn, her garter belt and lace under clothes twisted … Full on her startled lips as Kira began to kiss her, gently, then with increasing pressure, and with his tongue as he hadn't kissed her in so long. He then grabbed at her desperately, arms around her head and sank to his knees beside them and fumbled with her under clothes, finally ripping them off. He stroked her with skillful fingers and then with his skillful tongue he kissed between her legs, rubbing, nudging, poking, in a rhythm like a giant pulse, Kira's legs twined about his head and shoulders desperately, she was beginning to buck her hips, beginning to come, so he quick and deft 0as if he'd practised such a manoeuvre many times shifted his position to crouch over her, as Kira was now crouching over her head, and he penetrated her.
They continue this routine throughout the journey until the ship has landed.
As they arrived in Orb, the representatives greeted them. Before they stated the requirements by the Orb representatives, Flay quickly handed them to them with a yawn as she walked past them. They were stunned by her action but quickly regained composure. With one of the requests done they ask the whereabouts of their princess to which the crew knew nothing about, as Kira and Flay were about to get off the ship they overheard the description being of a young woman, short blonde hair with short temper to go with it.
"Do you think they are talking about Cagalli?" Kira asked as he looked at Flay wondering if that's the girl they rescued back at the desert.
Flay however simply ignored it and brushed it off to the side.
"None of our business and it's nothing to do with us, besides we got more important matters to attend to." She told him "such as looking forward to meeting your parents, now come on! let's go, i'm not wasting my all nighter for this.''
She grabs his hand and pulls him away. Their friends did the same respectively and went their separate ways.
It was already evening when they finally made it to Kira's house. Kira was nervous as it has been awhile since he last spoke to them ever since he got out of Heliopolis.
Flay, on the other hand, thought she was mentally prepared for this as it had been so long she had lost track of how many times she played the scenario in her head.
"I can do this, I can do this." she muttered
"Did you say something, Flay?" Kira asked as his hands were nervously shaking
"Yeah, just telling myself I can do this." she answered back as she grabbed his hand
Kira noticed she was more nervous than he was as he felt her hand was shaking and her grip was even tighter than usual all the while hers was starting to sweat.
"You ok?"
"Y-y-yeah… I can do this." Flay nervously answered back "I face down hordes of monsters, I have endured training that can make a grown man cry, this is nothing, absolutely nothing!"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure Kira, why would I not be?" she nervously smiled at him "I mean there's no way your parents would reject me. I'm beautiful, smart, outgoing, mature… older…"
"Flay?"
"You know what, this is a terrible idea Kira." Flay stated and turned around
Kira quickly pulled her into embrace "Flay you shouldn't be afraid. in fact I should be the one."
Flay turned to him with watery eyes as tears were about to form.
"Kira, I'm not sure your parents want me. I'm not young anymore." Flay sadly stated "Do you think your parents would have accepted me by being six years older? Of course not, they would have probably asked you why you would go for an old hag or a sugar mommy."
"Fl-"
"I mean there's billions of girls out there." she continued while laughing hysterically, "why not go for the one who is the same age? why not for the more girly type?"
"Fla-"
"Why did you go for the girl who looks like she can beat up a man? Why did you go for the daughter of the most racist man on earth? why-"
"Flay!"
She stopped talking after Kira's sudden outburst and sank her head into his chest. He slowly patted her head while playing with her long beautiful hair. The couple stayed in that spot for a while as the red-haired tried to regain her composure once more.
"Feeling better?" he asked
Flay nodded and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
"Thanks, I needed that." she answered
"Good, now let's do this and if they really reject you, which I'm very sure they won't. let's cross that bridge first alright?"
She nodded vigorously.
"Shall I take the lead then?"
Flay snorted but smiled "No, I'm the older one here, I should be the one to lead."
"Do you want to though?" he asked
Flay shook her head once more.
"Then how about we do it together then?" be suggested
This time she nodded.
"On three?"
"On three." Flay parrot.
"one." Kira counted.
"Two." Flay continued.
"Three." Both of them said,
They rang the doorbell and were greeted by his parents, before Kira could say hi, both of them hugged the young man which made Flay smile.
"You're safe!" His mother cried.
"We thought we lost you!" His father added.
"Mom.. Dad…" Kira muttered.
"You never called or messaged." His mother continued ranting.
"When we heard about heliopolis we thought we lost you!" His father added.
"Sorry things were busy lately…" Kira answered.
"The only reason we knew you were alive was because your friends came to visit us and told us that you joined the Earth Alliance!" His mother stated, ignoring what Kira just said. "Why did you join?! You're still young! You could continue your schooling!"
"It just happened mom." Kira simply answered back.
"Are they treating you ok?" His father asked with a worried voice. "Do they know you are…."
"Yes dad, they know I'm a coordinator." Kira replied back. "And they are treating me well."
Both of them sighed in relief.
"That's good to hear." His mom said as she clammed his cheeks. "Oh my baby boy shouldn't be put in this position."
"Mom! Please! Don't call me that… at least not in front of her…" Kira pleaded.
"Not in front of who…" His father drifted his eyes upon the red hair beauty.
Flay was just standing there, not saying a word as she watched them.
"Oh my…" Kira's mother muttered with a shocked expression.
"Hiya!" Flay smiled as she waved at them.
"That's my boy!" Kira's father exclaimed proudly with a thumbs up.
"Dad!" Kira exclaimed. "Please stop embarrassing me!"
Flay giggled. "It's ok please do continue, I do enjoy your family's banter very much."
Kira just grone at her comment while his parents just stood and examined her.
"Would you like to come in?" His mom asked. "I was about to prepare dinner."
"That would be wonderful!" Flay exclaimed. "If possible, would you allow me to assist you, mrs. Yamato."
"S-s-sure!" HIs mother replied in a nervous manner.
"Are you going to be alright, Flay?" Kira asked.
Flay nodded. "Don't worry handsome, I'll be fine. This is my chance to get acquainted with your parents."
"Erm… Did you say your name is Flay?" His father interrupted.
"Ah! I apologise, I forgot to introduce myself." Flay said and gave a bow to them. "My name is Flay Allster and thank you for taking care of me."
His parents stared at her after hearing her family's name. The infamous coordinator hating family.
"Son…" Kira's father muttered as his voice changed to a threatening tone.
"It's ok dad!" Kira said as he tried to calm his father down.
"Are you sure?" His dad asked then turned to Flay. "Are you related to the Vice-Minister of the Atlantic Federation?"
Flay sadly sighed but smiled back at him. "Yes, I am his daughter and I am aware of his colourful history."
"Ok…" His father said as he was still gazing at her eyes.
"If you feel uncomfortable with my presence… I shall take my leave." Flay offered.
"Flay!" Kira cried. "You don't have to."
Flay shook her head and held his hand. "It's alright, I should have expected it. I'll meet you back on the ship."
"No!" Kira said firmly. "If you're leaving then I'll leave also."
"Kira, don't be such a stubborn minded! They are your parents!" Flay stated. "Just… Just spend time with them alright?"
Their conversation was suddenly interrupted with a laugh. The couple turned and saw Kira's mom laughing to her content.
"Mom?" Kira query.
"It's alright, it's just you two, it reminded me of when I was in the same situation with your dad." His mom answered.
"Dear!" Kira's father exclaimed.
"It's alright, let's give her a chance shall we?" His mom suggested and turned towards Flay. "Flay was it? My name's Caridad, Kira's mom and the person next to me is Haruma, his father."
"It's a pleasure to meet you two." Flay answered back in kind.
"Now, you said you would like to help me? That would be wonderful." Caridad said with a smile.
Flay nodded and Kira's mom let her in, leaving the two men behind. The walk to the kitchen was silent, the two of them didn't know what to say at first but once they arrived, Flay was the first to speak.
"Is it alright to leave the two of them alone?" Flay wondered.
"Oh it's alright, knowing them Kira's dad will probably ask how he got to know you and all." Kira's mother answered as she got to work preparing dinner.
"I…I see…" Flay pondered.
"Anyways, would you mind helping cut the vegetables?" Kira's mother asked. "I was supposed to prepare for two, not for four."
"Sure! Leave it to me!" Flay answered back.
The red hair grabbed a knife and began cutting away. Kira's mother at first didn't notice but when she turned towards her, she was amazed by her cutting skills and dexterity as Flay chopped away on the vegetable like it was nothing and with perfect cuts all the way through.
"Wow! You're really good!" Kira's mother commented.
"Hehe… Well I had to prepare an army worth of food in an hour or so." Flay stated while still cutting away. "So preparing food for four is pretty much nothing for me."
"Oh, so you're with the Earth Alliance then?" Kira's mother questioned with a query look.
"Officially yes." Flay answered back.
"You know, for a daughter of a well-known politician, you seem to be… how to put it lightly…" Kira's mother wondered.
"Not a spoiled brat?" Flay suggested as she finished cutting. "Naive child? Snot Nose kid? A vain daughter?"
Kira's mother just stared at her, the way she spoke as if she knew what was on her mind. Flay on the other hand just laughed at her expression.
"It's alright, I got that alot back when I was at the training academies." Flay said understandingly. "Reality slaps pretty hard."
"Oh I see." Kira's mother replied as she began to cook. "So you're quite experienced then. You are a lot more mature compared to Kira."
Flay giggled as she handed over the diced vegetables. "Well i have to be, after all, i am the older one by six years of his age. I hope that doesn't change your opinions of me."
"Not at all, age doesn't matter when it comes to love." Kira's mother answered with a smile. "But what makes me wonder is why did you choose him? I'm sure there are alot of guys who want to be with you."
"That's because he genuinely loves me." Flay simply answered. "The way he looks at me, the way he smiles, the way he holds me, it feels right."
"Woah ok! Let's stop there, way too much information!" Kira's mother exclaimed. "I may be his mother but that does not mean I need to know about what he does to you."
Flay laughed at the matriarch's expense.
"Sorry, I just got so used to being honest with my feelings that I tend to forget to hold back." She said while still giggling.
"Anyways, we're almost finished here." Kira's mom stated. "While we wait, would you mind if I look at you?"
"Er… sure i guess?" Flay answered.
Kira's mother stares at her intently, she pondered for a moment but sighed. "Your eyes…"
"What about my eyes?" Flay asked with a query look. "I can see just fine."
Kira's mother laughed. "No, what i want to say is they are dull, hollowed, they lost their innocence."
"Ah I see." Flay simply acknowledged.
"You've seen a lot, haven't you?" She questioned.
"Yea… I have." Flay acknowledges again.
"But compared to my son, he still has some innocence left in him. You haven't sent him to combat?" She asked.
Flay shocked her head. "They did but I made sure he didn't pull the trigger to end one's life."
Kira's mother nodded. "That's a lot of burden for you."
"As long as he doesn't need to stain his hands, I am fine with it." Flay answered back.
"Then can I ask you a favour?" The matriarch asked again
"Sure, go ahead ma'am."
"Make sure you protect him alright." Kira's mom ordered. "I know him, he will go with you despite our protest, so as a woman to woman talking, make sure you keep him safe."
"I will ma'am." Flay said with a smile.
"Well now that's settled, let's get this food out." Kira's mother said.
Flay nodded and helped her to bring them to the dining table. As they arrived, both could see the two had a heated argument with the older gentleman looking in disappointment with his child while the younger one was fuming.
"Are you alright handsome?" Flay asked while she sat down next to him.
"I'm fine." Kira simply stated in a frustrated tone.
Flay rolled her eyes and kissed him in the cheeks.
"If you say so, darling." Flay commented.
"So Flay, what is your purpose with my son?" Kira's father interrogated.
"Dear!" Kira's mother exclaimed.
"Dad!" Kira followed.
"It's alright, it's only fair." Flay said as she held Kira's hand. "To love him and when possible, I would like to marry him."
"What the…" Kira's father muttered.
"F-F-Flay?!" Kira shuttered.
"What? I'm being honest about it darling." Flay simply answered.
"Even so, I doubt it your father would approve of it and you being a soldier, you most likely won't live long enough."
Kira and his mother stare at him with a death glare.
Flay chuckled. "That is true but don't worry I will live to see that will happen, as for my father, he will approve because my grandparents will support me."
"Grandparents?" Kira's father questions with a query look.
Flay nodded. "Would you mind if I call them?"
"Sure, I don't see why not." He answered.
Flay took out her data pad and called up her contact. The first to pick up was her grandfather who seems to be wearing a fake moustache on screen for everyone to see.
"Hi gramps!" Flay said in a happy voice.
"Flay! How's my number one granddaughter in the whole world doing?" He asked.
"Doing good! And is that a fake moustache?" Flay asked as she tilted her head.
"It's a siege moustache, ok!" He answered back. "It helps me to get into my muse in siege warfare."
Suddenly gun fire could be heard in the distance.
"Are you in combat?" Kira interrupted.
"Ah Mr. Yamato, a pleasure to see you once more." Flay's grandfather turns towards him. "I hope you are looking after Flay, my stupid stubborn mary sue grandaughter."
"Oi! I'm still here, you know." Flay deadpanned.
"Yes, lieutenant. I can see you clearly." He retorted back. "I'm in my late twenties, not eighties."
Flay rolled her eyes as more shots could be heard in the distance.
"Where's grandma?" Flay asked.
"Fighting up here." He answered. "We are currently pushing towards the centre of the location where the transmission was coming from but we are facing heavy resistance."
"Are you going to be alright?" Flay asked again.
"Ye-" Her grandfather got interrupted and an explosion got near him.
"Hang on, a second." He then turned the camera towards the combat zone. "What the hell are you guys doing?! I want that MG firing in five seconds and where the hell is our mobile suit support?! I want them now and they should be here by yesterday!"
Kira's parents stared at the screen with shock at how brutal the battle field was with carnage being fired upon.
"Sorry about that." Flay grandfather said as he put back the camera position to face him. "Now- wait, who are you two people?"
"Sorry, I'm Haruma and this is my wife Caridad. We are Kira's parents." Kira's father explained.
Flay's grandrandfather blinked for a second and turned off the screen for a few seconds with a chibi avatar of him saying please standby on the screen in an apology manner. The screen came back on but now in a different setting with him being more properly dressed in a three piece suit and Flay's grandmother right beside him in a formal dress, though her hair was a bit messed up due to little time to fix it, all were standing behind an obvious fake beach scenery.
"Before we begin, I would like to be clear that I'm not a racist." He said with a straight manner.
"Ok…" Kira's father, unsure how to comprend.
"Did you do a hard landing grandma?" Flay asked.
Her answer came when an engineer screamed curses right behind them.
"Er… no?" Her grandmother replied back.
Flay rolled her eyes.
"So lets ignore that for now, you call us, is it you're getting married already?" Her grandfather asked. "You should have found someone better."
"Gramps! I love him!" Flay exclaimed.
"I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to him." Her grandfather pointed at Kira.
Kira nervously chuckled while his parents laughed.
"Gramps!" Flay, now slightly angry at his statement.
"Ok! Ok! If this call is about me approving your partner then yes I approve." Her grandfather spoke.
"I concurred." Her grandmother added.
"Thank you two." Flay answered back.
"But you still need your father's approval." Her grandmother said. "We understand where he stands but hopefully after our talk with him that time, he changes his mind. If not, I'll bring a bamboo cane."
"I don't think that would be necessary Mrs… Allster." Kira's father spoke. "Are you really her grandparents? You two look really young."
"By blood yes, as for young. It's because of the filter I guess." Her grandmother suggested. "Whatever the case, I will come down there, and I will find him. I have a particular set of skills that can make that grown man cry. I will toughen him up and I will straighten him up as a proper Allster member he should be."
"Then I thank you for your affirmation." Kira's father said.
"Is there anything else? We really need to get back into the fight." Flay's grandfather stated. "And no, we are not fighting coordinators, we are fighting what you could describe as a bogeyman."
"Ah, then no. Thank you for your time." Kira's father replied back.
"Before we leave, I must ask you." Flay's grandfather spoke in a serious tone.
Her grandmother on the other hand facepalmed, knowing where this is going.
"Am I pulling off this moustache of what?" He asked.
Flay blinked. "Er… It's the best thing anyone has done to their face, gramps, ever. It deserves a medal."
"Wow… thanks buttercup." He smiled back at her.
Suddenly the background came crashing down behind Flay's grandparents, revealing the war zone once more with its carnage on full display.
"Excuse me, I'll take my leave first." Flay's grandfather said as he took out his pistol and got up from his seat, charging towards the battle. "Forward you dogs! Or no victory! We live to fight and we fight to live, right here! Charge!"
Her grandmother sighed. "I better get going before he gets himself killed. Love you munchkin!"
"Love you too grandma!" Flay happily waved back at her as she cut the call.
Flay sighed then turned to Kira's parents with a smile. "Should I call my father now?"
Kira's father shook his head and smiled back. "That won't be necessary, let's just eat for now. I'm satisfied with your determination."
The rest of the night was eventful to say the least, with occasional chatting and laughter. There was still unintended uneasiness but Flay didn't care. She was holding Kira's hand as support, not caring what was going on as they were bantering with each other. Something about continuing going back to school and abandoning the notion of being in the Earth Alliance.
As dinner came to a close, Kira went to help his mother to wash the dishes while Flay and his father were at the balcony, staring at the star lights that were illuminating them.
"Beautiful isn't it?" Kira's father asked her as he stared into the night sky.
"Yea… yea it is…" Flay answered back, doing the same.
Kira's father then took out a pack of cigarettes, offering to her while taking one himself. "Smoke?"
"I didn't take you for a smoker." Flay stated as she took one.
"Well I only smoke when I'm stressed out." He replied as he lit up his with a lighter. "And what about you?"
Flay humously chuckled as she placed it between her lips. "Only when someone glady offered."
Kira's father laughed and passed the lighter to her. "Is that what they taught back in the Earth Alliance?"
"No, my father actually taught me." Flay replied back as she lit up hers. "It's all about making connections."
He laughed. "Like right now?"
She nodded in return. "Like now."
He blew a puff out and sighed. "I… Just want to say, I'm sorry."
"For complimenting my looks in front of your son?" Flay questioned with a smile.
Kira's father choked on his smoke while Flay laughed at his expenses.
"I jest! I jest!" She giggled as she took a puff, inhaling the smoke. "This is quite good by the way, blue berry?"
Kira's father coughed. "Close, black berry."
"Ah." She commented and took another puff. "I'm more of a chocolate taster myself but strawberry is a classic."
"Is that why you fell in love with my son?" He asked with a grin.
Flay burst out laughing at his question. "Your son is not that tan, sir."
"You said it, not me." He pointed out.
"To answer your question, I love him, I adore him because he looks after me very well." She answered back while taking another puff from the cigarette. "And it's alright if you still feel that i'm not worthy of his love and admittedly i feel so too."
"It's because you did something to him before, didn't you?" He wondered, taking another puff.
"My, you and your wife really know how to read me, Mr. yamato. Wish, your son could do the same." Flay commented.
"Years of experience, soldier." He answered back. "Even then I still can't read what my wife wants."
Flay laughed. "Understandable."
"Mind telling me or my wife what you did to him?" He asked once more.
Flay shocked her head. "If I did, you would probably hate me and kill me right here."
Kira's father humorously chuckled. "Well whatever it is, you are already paying in dividends."
"How… how did you know?" She wondered.
"Your eyes." He pointed out. "They are dull, lost the spark of innocence. I'm surprised you don't have a major breakdown. PTSD I believe they called it."
"That's because your son helps a lot." Flay stated.
Both laughed into the night as they continued smoking their cigarettes.
"Say… Would you mind if you could keep a secret?" Kira's father asked while taking another puff.
"My, weren't you at the beginning rejecting me for being with your son and now you want me to keep a secret?" Flay questioned as she tilted her head towards him. "How quaint I must say."
"I never said I rejected you for being his choice." He retorted as he exhaled the smoke.
"Ah but there was the intention to do so." She pointed out while smoking a puff.
Kira's father laughed. "You got me there."
Flay smiled as she exhaled with smoke coming out her nostrils. "Ok, bite me. What's the secret?"
"Ok, but promise me you will keep it a secret from my son, it's something to do with him." He said as he raised his pinky finger.
"Seriously? A pinky promise? How old do you think I am?" Flay asked.
"Old enough to be my son's wife." He answered back.
Flay giggled and complied with his ridiculous request.
"So, to tell you the truth… Kira's not our son." He explained.
Flay blinked, then looked at the cigarette. "Is this thing spiked?"
"I'm being serious here!" He exclaimed.
"What do you mean you are being serious here?! Kira looks just like his mom! Your wife!" Flay retorted back.
"Shhh! Not so loud!" Kira's father hissed.
"Please tell me this is some secret reality show that the Orb nation watches." Flay hissed back. "Cause I'm not laughing!"
"It's not!" He retorted back. "Look, the reason why is because my wife is the sister of his mom."
"So Kira's mom is actually his aunt?" Flay questioned as she connected the dots. "Why doesn't he know about this?"
He sighed. "To put it simple, Kira's father was a mad man. He was not supposed to be a coordinator, just a normal child but that man wants to turn him into something of a monster, a freak if you will."
"Then what happened?" She questioned again.
He sighed again and took a puff from his cigarette. "After they were born, Kira's mother gave her kids to us and then shortly after, Kira's parents' laboratory was attacked and destroyed, killing both of them."
"Wait, they?" Flay stares at him with a curious look.
"Oh, right. He also has a twin sister." He answered.
Flay facepalmed. "And he doesn't know this because?"
"It's to protect him and his sister. To make sure they have a peaceful life." He answered.
Flay took a long drag on her cigarette till there wasn't any left of it. She let out a long sigh and the fumes came out of her mouth and nose.
"This… is the first time I heard of such nonsense fantasy and yet I believe you for some explicit reason." Flay stated as she crushes the cigarette butt with her foot. "You know i will tell Kira about this eventually right?"
Kira's father just smiled at her. "I know, but at least you have the right to know what you got yourself into."
"Welcome to the family right?" Flay smiled back at him.
Both laughed at the situation as if nothing had happened before.
"You know, it's hard being a father." He stated. "Especially with him being so stubborn in following you despite our protest."
Flay laughed. "I know, it's so much like him to do something like that."
"Would you mind if I make a request?" He asked while looking at her with pleading eyes.
"Is it to make sure he is safe and well protected?" Flay finished the question for him. "Get in line buddy, your wife made that request a few hours ago."
Kira's father laughed. "Oh then you got the picture!"
Flay chuckled and nodded back. "Yes, I got the picture and I will keep your so-called secret safe."
He smiled back and crushes his cigarette. "Come, let's head back inside. I'm sure my son misses you already."
Flay nodded and the two headed back inside. There they were greeted by Kira who was waiting for them with arms crossed.
"You didn't talk to her badly right, dad?" Kira asked with a frustrated look.
Kira's father smiled and shook his head. "Nah, don't worry kiddo, nothing bad. Just had a lovely chat with her."
Kira stared at him intensely with his eyebrow crossed.
"Don't worry handsome." Flay said as she went over and kissed him on the cheek. "He just asked me some casual stuff, that's all."
Kira sniffed her as a strong smell was coming out from her direction. He then looked towards his father then back to Flay who was smiling at him.
Kira sighed. "Alright, I trust you, Flay."
"That's my hero." Flay giggled and kissed him again. "Now let's head back to your bedroom. I'm feeling tired."
Kira nodded and took her hand, leaving his father behind but not without giving him the sting eye, to which his father laughed at his action towards him. When they arrived, Kira opened the door, revealing it to be his room.
"Wow! So this is your room?" she asked.
"Yeah… sorry it's not much." Kira chuckled as he closes the door
Flay shook her head. "I find it a nice change of pace, don't you agree? Normal is good, nothing wrong with that."
Kira nodded while Flay slowly pulled him in as she rested on the bed.
"What's wrong handsome? You're feeling tense." She stated as she stroked his hair "This isn't the first time we've done it together."
Kira sighed. "No, it's just that dad didn't like you at the beginning and mom was still unsure about you."
Flay giggled as she continued to stroke his brown hair. "All part of the package of having a coordinator hating father."
"Batteries not included?" Kira added.
Flay laughed to her heart's content. "Each sold separately."
Kira joins in as the two laughed with each other's arms.
"Feeling better, my sweet?" Flay asked with sincerity.
"Yeah, but you smell of smoke." Kira stated as he looked up to her. "He usually smokes when he is stressed."
Flay continued stroking his hair. "Yes he did. Blueberry flavour too."
Kira looked at her with shock. "Flay!"
"Oh don't worry handsome, I only smoke when someone offers it to me willingly." Flay explained. "Besides, it got me the chance to be closer to your father."
"But you shouldn't, it's bad for you." Kira retorted. "Promise you won't do it again."
Flay rolled her eyes. "Alright, alright. I promise."
Kira gave her a quick kiss.
"Good." He said. "So what did you talk about?"
"Oh just how beautiful I am." Flay answered.
Kira snorted "Yeah, my dad gave me a thumbs up when he first saw you."
Flay chuckled at his reaction. "And he also said he was sorry for the way he treated me at the beginning."
"I see," Kira commented as his head laid down on her chest. "I'm sorry also for not being able to give you the perfect visit."
Flay shook her head and kissed his forehead. "What are you talking about? It was perfect, darling. Sure it was not like in the movie where everything went the way you would have envisioned but at least I got to see your parents."
"But I'm sure the first time went a lot better." Kira said while his head was still laying on her chest.
"Actually, no… this is my first time." Flay explained. "I never did meet your parents."
"You… never?" He hesitantly asked.
Flay nodded as tears began to form. "Yeah and I'm really happy I finally got the chance to do so. It was the best one anyone could ever wish for."
Kira got up and wiped her tears with his gentle hands. She returns in kind and kisses his hand. They giggled and wrapped themselves in each other's arms as the older woman brought him closer to her until she was able to see his face.
They stayed still until Flay was the one to initiate the act by giving him a kiss. The kiss was soft and wet as she licked her lips and her tongue slowly but surely navigate into his mouth. She wanted to tell him something but then thought no. They fell together, as they helped each other, taking off their clothes until both had nothing to hide from each other. They folded toward each other, and then she leaned back, arching, shored on her back-braced arms, and she let him pace the occasion.
His other hand found on Flay's cheek, his thumb brushing the corner of her mouth. She bit his lip and tasted like chocolate; the sugary confection was very sweet.
His smile was bright in the moonlight.
"Then I suppose… tonight-"
Flay did not turn away, and so she discovered that his lips were even sweeter than before.
He's rubbing Flay's stomach and she closes her eyes because it felt good and also because she wants him to kiss her again and again. Kira kissed her until her mouth was sore.
He held himself up on all fours above Flay and made her reach up for his mouth and she did. Flay would do it again. He likes this better than anything else.
He kissed her. Once, twice, until Flay had the taste and realised she will never have enough. He's everywhere up her back and over her arms and suddenly he's kissing Flay harder, deeper, with a fervent urgent need she had never known before.
At some point she opened her eyes and saw him watching her, measuring her progress, and he looked a little isolated and wan and she pulled his head down to her and sucked the chocolate from his tongue and heard the sort of breast-slap, the splash of upper bodies and the banging bed. Then it was a matter of close concentration.
She listened for something inside the bloodrush and she spun his hips and felt electric and desperate and finally home free and she looked at his eyes stung shut and his mouth stretched so tight it seemed taped at the corners, upper lip pressed white against his teeth, and she felt a kind of hanged man's coming when he came, the jumped body and stiffened limbs, and she ran a hand through his hair.
He kissed Flay's eyelids again, then back to her lips again, the kiss continued on past the point where he usually broke off. Then, slowly, he pulled away.
Before she could withdraw her mind from its far places, his arms were around her, as sure and hard as on the dark road, so long ago. She felt again the rush of helplessness, the sinking yielding, the surging tide of warmth that left her limp. And the quiet face of Flay Allster was blurred and drowned to nothingness. He bent back her head across his arm and kissed her, softly at first, and then with a swift gradation of intensity that made her cling to him as the only solid thing in a dizzy swaying world. His insistent mouth was parting her shaking lips, sending wild tremors along her nerves, evoking from her sensations she had never known she was capable of feeling. And before a swimming giddiness spun her round and round, she knew that she was kissing him back.
Flay groped for him, as though she was blind.
"Kira, please, please—" Flay's lips touched his.
And he was kissing her again, and slipping the shirt over her head. Flay's gentle hands began to stroke him, his hands, his lips, his tongue. Gentle. Not frightening. Knowing what she was doing now. Flay felt his chest rise, and it startled him.
"Shhh," Flay whispered. "Shhh, it's all right, don't worry, just relax and listen to your body."
She was slow, rhythmic, gentle, moving down his body, down and there was nothing but his body, there was a sharp brief pain. Brief and then a sweet spasm went through him and he seemed to rise into the air, no more pain, just the sweetness and then the panting. Flay pressed him hard against her.
"You were amazing, lover boy." Flay told him
Kira lets out a yawn as he was tired from their activity, not that he once complained about it. He gave his all to her but yet wanted more. Flay whispered but he couldn't hear what she said the only thing he could remember for the night was she kissed him once more, having a deeper sensation as both of them slowly drifted to sleep.
When morning came, Flay was the first to wake up from their slumber, she rubs her eyes once more to gain vision, only for her to realise she was not in their usual room but in Kira's. She turned to her side and found her partner still sounding asleep, softly breathing with his chest going up and down in a slow but rymphinic pattern.
She got up and made her way to the kitchen and was greeted by the sight of his father, reading the newspaper and drinking coffee.
"Morning." Kira's father spoke while still reading the newspaper.
"Morning to you too, Mr. Yamato." Flay replied back with a yawn.
"Did you have a good night's sleep?" He asked.
She nodded. "Yeah, why wouldn't I?"
Kira's father chuckled. "That's my boy."
Flay rolled her eyes. "So where's your wife?"
"Went to work, I'll also be heading off soon." He answered back while taking a sip of his coffee.
"Ah, I see." The red hair acknowledges.
"By the way, you and Kira should go out into the city and spend some time together." Kira's father said. "Go shopping, watch a movie or something whatever you youngsters do for fun nowadays."
"Well… I actually never thought about it to be honest." Flay admitted.
"And now I have thought for you." He smirked. "Being in the military for so long, I'm sure you forgot how to be a normal citizen, didn't you?"
"Come to think of it, you're right." She added while pondering on his statement.
"Knowing my son, I am really sure he wants to take you out and treat you like a proper date." Kira's father continued. "Go and do that will you?"
Flay nodded and rushed back to Kira's room. He was still soundly sleeping, not knowing what was going on.
"Come Kira, let's go shopping!" Flay exclaimed loudly as she shook him to wake up.
He quickly jumped start but in a clumsy manner as his brain was still half-asleep still.
"Erm… sure where do you want to go?" Kira asked while still trying to get his bearings of his surroundings.
"Anywhere handsome!" She grinned like a mad woman. "You pick, I'll follow. After all we only have a couple of days left till the Archangels leave."
"How about… the movies?" He asked with a yawn added in between his lines.
Flay nodded vigorously and kissed him "Sounds lovely!"
Kira yawned back and slowly got up.
"I'll get changed first Flay." Kira said while still half-asleep.
"Alright handsome." Flay replied back with a kiss on his cheek. "But don't keep this beautiful waiting for so long alright?"
Kira nodded as a reply to her question while he got up to change while the older woman went about to do her things. Once everything was settled, they made their way out of the house with Kira's father still sitting down, reading the newspaper.
"Have fun you two!" He shouted.
"Will do dad!" Kira shouted back.
The couple walked hand in hand with each other as they got on the bus to make their way to the city. A few onlookers watch them while most of them just ignore them. Flay noticed that some were looking at them with jealousy while others were looking at them in disgust.
She couldn't care less what they think about them, only the person right beside her matters as she continues to snuggle Kira, much to his embarrassment of her actions.
They made it to their first destination, it was a clothing department selling all kinds of clothes. It suits Flay's taste as her eyes sparkled at the sight of them.
"Kira! Lets shop here!" Flay exclaimed happily.
Kira nervously chuckled as Flay began to run around like a kid in a candy store as she began to pick up clothes after clothes, much to the dismay of him.
Flay turns around to him with a wicked smile, holding two dresses for him to choose. "Do you think this dress or this one is better on me?"
Kira, being the typical guy that he is, wasn't sure which to choose but Flay on the other hand knew what he liked as his eyes began to light up when he turned his head to each of the dresses.
"Ok! So this is the dress you want to see me wear." She pointed out and put the other down.
"I didn't say anything." Kira said with a ponder look.
"But your eye said otherwise, handsome. " Flay added, she then turns to pick up something else.
Kira continues to watch her as she goes through isles after isles of clothes until she stops at the undergarment section. Her eyes sparkled once more when she saw something that Kira would definitely love to see her wear.
"Ooohhh Kirrraaaa…." She seductively smirked with lust in her eyes. "What do you think of this one?"
Kira's mind exploded and went somewhere else as his imagination ran wild upon seeing what Flay had picked up. It was a black lingerie that left little to no room for his imagination. While he has seen her fully undress, the black lingerie really helped making his mind go blank even faster.
Flay laughed hard at his expression as he was dumb strucked, knowing she had picked the right one.
"Alright, glad you like it, handsome. " She commented. "Let me try them out before we check out alright?"
He could only nod while his mind was still scrambling to put itself back together. Flay disappeared into the changing room for a while as Kira was standing still at the curtains, watching the only curtains moving and shuffling around as Flay desperately tried to put her new clothes on.
Once she got out, Kira's mind once again left him as what he saw could only describe as the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. It didn't help the fact that the staff of the department store and other customers were looking at her also.
"Well what do you think darling?" She asked as she gave a twirl around him.
He stayed there still while still admiring her in every way possible.
"I'll take your silence as a yes." She smirked and gave him a peck on the cheek.
He instantly regains composure as if a spell has been lifted. Flay giggled at his reaction and grabbed him by the arm, dragging him to the counter. After she paid for her purchase, they left and moved on to their next destination, leaving behind the bewildered customers and staff of the store to wonder whether they were graced by an angel.
Flay's devilish smile has not left her as she continues to snuggle Kira while walking down the streets. Gazes upon gazes laid their eyes upon them with all ranges mixed with admiration to disgust to which Flay acknowledges them and she indulges every minute of it. She wanted the world to know Kira's is hers and hers alone. No one else could have him and she's making sure of that while wearing the new dress she had just bought and the black lingerie which only Kira could indulge.
They arrived at a small casual restaurant and had their meal. This was the only time Kira could break out from her trance as the waiter asked what they would like to have. At first Kira would have thought that Flay would only like to eat something light so as to keep up with the facade she had put up for the world to see. Kira is not oblivious to this on what the red hair has intended for the world to know. She was very honest about it from the beginning.
It was only until she started ordering that made his jaw dropped as she instead opted for a less flattery combo of food that can make a fat man cowered in fear.
"Everything looks so good." Flay commented. "I would like to have everything on the menu please."
The waiter gave a dumb founded look.
"Are… Are you sure, ma'am?" The waiter asked her.
"Yes, yes please and make sure we go from the starters all the way down to the desserts in descending order of the menu." Flay replied with confidence. "What about you Kira?"
"Erm… I'll just have the chef's recommendation." Kira answered back.
"Un… understood sir." The waiter shuttered. "Would that be all?"
"Yes, that would be all. Thanks." Flay smiled with a devil's grin at the waiter.
The waiter shivered and quickly make way to the kitchen, leaving the couple alone to themselves.
"Sooo… Kira, what do you think?" Flay asked with a seductive look as she bit her lips.
Kira starts to sweat a bit as the heat from his body rises up.
"Boy is it hot in here?" He questioned her, trying to ignore what she asked.
Flay playfully twirled her hair as she slowly touched his hand sensually as her free hand made its way up to his arm slowly, with her finger imitating a person walking up a steep slope.
Kira quickly took a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. Trying to calm himself but to no effect, as his urges rises, his body sending all signals to his brain on full alert. He wants to just grab her right here and now. He couldn't take it any longer and she knows it very well. Flay knows how to manipulate him in every way, every desire he wants and if this is a fight, he is losing badly by default.
"Is this what you had in mind back in the desert?" She continued to ask, not pausing for him to answer as now her leg is moving up his, directly aiming for the middle of him.
Kira nervously chuckled and grabbed hold of the table for support. "Yeah!... It is!"
"Oh?" Flay gave a wicked smirk at him. "What's with the pause? Am I not your ideal girl?"
Kira swallowed his saliva as his body was now tense from her action and her voice was melodic to his ears with every word she spoke was orgasmic.
"Am I not beautiful enough?" She continued despite knowing his answer. "Are you interested in me wearing only my school uniform? Or do you want something else?"
"Flay…" Kira muttered, being the only word he had enough strength to speak.
"I can do anything and whatever your heart desires, my love." Flay whispered as she licked her lips. "Because I'm all yours and only yours for pleasure."
Suddenly a cough interrupted them. The couple turned and found the waiter being beet red from embarrassment with an army of servers behind, carrying the entire menu Flay ordered.
"Ma'am… Sir… your food is ready." The waiter announced. "We shall leave them on the side for convenience."
"Oh… Thank you." Flay answered back with disappointment.
"May I also suggest ma'am and sir, there is a nearby hotel for your private… activities." The waiter suggested. "After all, your activities would put us… in a quite difficult place and if possible, we would like you to refrain yourselves till you finish your stay here."
"I'm really sorry!" Kira exclaimed in an apologetic tone.
"It's quite alright sir, we are aware you couldn't help yourself due to madam being very pretty." The waiter explained. "So we understand the reason why you couldn't control yourself."
"What…" Kira muttered.
"So we urge you to at least try to control yourself." The waiter pleaded.
"Wait… what…" Kira was in shock at what the waiter said.
"Enjoy the meal sir." The waiter bowed and left with the other servers.
Once they disappeared and out of sight. Flay burst out laughing uncontrollably while Kira took a napkin and screamed inside, releasing his frustration and embarrassment.
"I can't believe the waiter thought you were the one who initiated it." Flay said as she tried her best to hold her laughter.
"I hate you so much right now." Kira muttered behind the napkin.
"Aawww… I love you too darling." Flay teased as she kissed his hand. "Let's forget what just happened and let's just eat, I'm starving."
Kira only nodded as his answer as the red hair began devouring her food.
Kira always imagines Flay to be the one to have the finesse when it comes to socialising. Being from the elite social standing in terms of family, class and in the most popular group back in school. He was always content just by watching her from afar as she was already engaged with his friend, Sai.
Kira knew he would have never stood a chance to be with her at that time, popular students don't usually mix with people that are not the same as them. But now, everything he thought was a dream is now a reality. The very person who he had a crush on, is sitting right in front of him, devouring every plate her hands could get hold of. The very same person is now the most beautiful woman he could lay his eyes on and she is all his, eating away like it was her last meal. She was not using the silver cutlery that was provided but rather her bare hands as she munched away on the food.
Kira smiled at the sight, She might not be perfect to others but to him she was in every conceivable way.
"Kira, you have not touched your food." Flay stated as she chewed on a comically overly large piece of meat with a bone attached to it.
Kira shook his head with content. "Sorry I just can't help but admire you."
"Really? You're into seeing me, eating like a pig?" Flay gave a query look at him. "If I knew that before I wouldn't have exercised like a dog."
"Wait! No! No! No! That's not what I meant." Kira exclaimed in a panic.
Flay laughed. "Sorry! i jest! I jest! I know what you really mean handsome but next time try saying that not during my pig out time,"
The two laughed again as they continued eating. Once they were done, Flay paid for the meal and the two exited the restaurant with the two holding hands once more but stopped just outside of the door.
"Wait for a moment my love." Flay commanded and turned around. "I forgot to compliment the chef, I'll be real quick."
"Alright, I'll wait right here." Kira acknowledged.
Flay quickly went back into the restaurant while Kira waited outside alone. His mind continued once more on how he got to be with Flay as he really wanted to know how it all began. He thought to himself if he ever got the chance to meet his other self he would thank him for the opportunity to be with her.
Kira's mind quickly comes to a halt when someone whistles at him.
"Youuuuuu Whooo! Hey handsome!" A girl called to him. "What are you doing out here alone?"
Kira looked around for the person who called him until he spotted her. She was in a group of three, including herself as her friends flanked her from both sides as they approached him.
"So, whatcha doing out here?" The girl with blonde hair wondered. "Did you get dumped?"
"Wel-" Kira tried to reply but failed as he got interrupted by another girl.
"For sure Asagi!" Another girl with short hair replied back. "Look at him, standing out here in front of the restaurant, he must be heartbroken."
"Actu-" Kira got interrupted again.
"I know right, Mayura! This poor handsome man will need someone to comfort him." The girl with glasses added.
"Lucky for you sir! You got three of the best pilots Orb has to offer! The name's Asagi!" The blonde girl spoke with confidence.
"Mayura!" The short-haired girl shouted.
"Juri!" The glasses girl spoke.
"But I-" Kira tried but failed to speak as he was continuously being interrupted.
"You know, we are flying the prototype mobile suits." Asagi explained as she brushes her hand on her jacket cockingly. "Pretty cool huh? Just a few days ago, we received a program that could make any pilot like the Hawk of Endymion of the Earth Alliance."
"Which makes us elite pilots." Mayura added while giving a wink to Kira. "So wanna hang with us and experience what a real pilot looks like?"
"Or we could, just go straight to the point if you know what we mean." Juri explained as she took her glasses off seductively.
Kira was at that point very afraid of them as they advanced on to him with nowhere else to go. It was only when a familiar giggled could be heard from behind that could make him relax as two familiar arms wrapped around his waist and a soft touch could be felt as a familiar head rested on his shoulder.
"My, Hubby. I didn't know you could be so attractive." Flay said seductively with a wicked smile. "I just left you for a minute and you already attracted not one but three girls."
"Flay!" Kira happily exclaimed.
"So, what do you three girls want with my husband?" Flay devilishly smiled at them. "Are you three lost or something?"
Three of them stared at her with their jaws dropped. Not only did they try to catch someone else's significant other but also the partner was the most beautiful woman they have ever seen as if they had seen an angel, standing right behind the young man.
"You're lying! You can't be his wife!" The blonde woman pointed out with whatever confidence she had left.
"Oh? Why wouldn't I be? He called my name." Flay pointed out and her grin grew even wider almost as if the devil had taken over her. "My, is it jealousy I feel from you three?"
"NO! Because he's too young to be with an old hag like you!" The short hair retorted back.
"Ok, that was uncalled for." Flay muttered barely able for anyone to hear.
"Yeah! And you both don't even have any rings!" The one with glasses added.
"My, all these taunts and accusations are very much uncalled for." Flay pointed out. "We are very much in love with each other and we are married."
"Oh yeah! Prove it!" The blonde hair retorted.
Flay lifted up her head and stared at her lover.
"Kiss me my lo-." Flay commanded but got interrupted.
Kira didn't hesitate one bit and immediately dived into her sweet strawberry lips before she could finish her command. He knew what was on her mind and he wanted to end this nonsense before it could escalate any further.
Flay's eyes widened by his action, surprising her every bit by his aggressive nature that wasn't found by him until now. She quickly regained composure and returned in kind as she let his tongue slip into her mouth and began to wrestle with each other. Kira took the lead and went all the way, Flay wasn;t the only one who isn't afraid to show the world he was hers and hers alone when push comes to shove.
He bent her, moulded her in every way possible to his desire as he grabbed her waist and continued to show his passion for the world to see.
Three women watched in disgust as they witnessed their prey get away from them and was recaptured by a bigger predator that they could not hope to fight back. They walked away quickly in shame, hoping to not meet the couple again.
After a while Flay immediately broke off the kiss as she started panting for air. She gave a quick look around and found the three women who were preying on her partner were gone.
"Guess… They… didn't want… to… stick around… for the encore." Flay spoke while still panting for air.
Kira chuckled. "Too embarrassed from how good our performance was."
"Yeah." Flay acknowledges. "You were amazing by the way."
"I'm learning from the best after all." Kira answered with a smile.
Flay giggled in embarrassment as a red hue slowly began to show on her face.
"Come handsome, let us leave this place before more unwanted attention comes towards you." Flay stated as she grabbed his hand, trying to regain dominance.
The two continued walking down the street, hand in hand once more but this time Kira's significant other is now on full alert. Not going to leave by himself as she didn't want to experience another weak competition again.
It wasn't before long till they reached to a large crowd of people that were gathering to see an event that was going on with a showbiz person, standing right in the middle of the crowd shouting. Flay and Kira both noticed the crowd mostly consisted of couples with the occasional group of families, they watched as the showbiz person continued to shout.
"Step right up! Step right up! For the best competition all around the Orb nation has to offer!" the organiser of the event shouted over the microphone. "You there!"
He pointed at them which resulted Kira to point at himself
"Me?" he asked, still unsure if the person was referring to him.
"Yes! You and the beautiful damsel!" he answered "Want to join the best competition that the Orb nation has to offer?"
"Oh and what will that be?" Flay asked with her eyebrow raised
"The one and only kissing competition!" he answered with enthusiasm.
"Sorry, but we're not interested… Flay?" Kira said but paused for a moment as he saw her thinking intensely
"Well looks like your missus thinks otherwise, so what will it be ma'am?"
"What are the rules?"
"Flay you can't be serious?" Kira said as he rolled his eyes
"Oh yes I am." She stated in a matter of factly. "I'm going to show off to everyone you are mine."
"Flay, I didn't approach them you know." Kira sighed
"Oh I know but that doesn't stop any woman from getting your hands on you."
"That's the spirit!" The organiser said with entuziasm "Show them the old whip ho huh, missy?"
"Yes sir! So again, what's the rules?"
"The rules are simple, kiss with your partner for thirty minutes straight and you will be judged on the way you kiss him or her. You can kiss anywhere except the inappropriate parts, those are off limits but anything else goes." he declared
"Oh so if i do this?" Flay asked and proceed to kiss Kira's hand
"Can do, miss!" the organiser said with a thumbs up
"And this?" Flay kisses Kira's arms and she slowly moves up to his shoulder kissing him non-stop.
"Yes missy! That can be done! Again anything goes except the naughty bits!" the organiser gave a wink to her
"Alright!" Flay clapped her hands "Come Kira!"
"Don't you want to know the prize?" The organiser query.
"Nope!"
The couple sat on the stools that were for the competition and a huge crowd were watching them nearby while the other competitors were getting ready for the competition as well as they sat with their partners.
"Nervous Kira?" Flay asked as she licked her lips
"Yes! And why is there a crowd and why are there cameras?" Kira hissed
"All the best for everyone to see us, lover boy." Flay answered as she smacked her lips together, making it wet.
"Flay, you don't have to do this you know."
"Oh but I want to." Flay said with a smile as she was eyeing on Kira's lips "I want to do this with you for so long. I just want to start now without waiting for the signal."
Kira sighed "Alright but just so you know I'm not very good at kissing."
Flay seductively smiled at him. "Oh? Being humble, are we?"
"I don't know Flay. after all you're my first."
Flay brought his head close to hers and whispered "I know handsome. I hope you remember you are my first also."
Kira blinked at her then realised what she had meant. Flay already told him that he was her first when they were back in North Africa.
"But I'm not sure if we can beat the others." Kira stated as he looked around at his competitors who looked like they were experienced.
"Oh don't worry darling, we got this." Flay said as she pressed her head against his "Do you love me?"
"Yes Flay, I love you." Kira answered back
"Do you trust me?"
"Yes Flay, I trust you."
"Will you follow me till death do us part?"
Kira chuckled "Yes Flay, till death do us part."
"Then we have already beaten them, handsome." the older woman commented
"Competitors! Are you ready?!" the announcer asked "Ready? Three! Two! One!"
"I'll take the lead Kira, you follow suit alright?" Flay asked as she got ready
Kira nodded with a smile.
"Kiss!"
The couple kissed with their competitors following suit. Flay lust for this moment as she savours every moment of it. Kira was initially stunned by her aggressive behaviour as if she had just pounced on her prey. She hungers, she yeans, she fosters her feelings, all unleashed upon him as if it was their first time. The red hair never let go of him as she continued to press onwards with an unrelenting force and he was slowly captivated by it.
She pushes on with much more intensity than the last second as if every kiss she made were their last, and yet she wanted more. The crowd watches on, only for them to gasp and envy at the sight of the older woman effortlessly showing her love towards her younger counterpart. What words Flay lacks in before, she made up by showing the world he is hers and no one could ever touch them.
Kira tried his best to recuperate by wrapping his arms around her but she was too much into the moment as her feelings were letting go, whatever she had bottle up is now out in the open. She broke off only to catch her breath and dive right back into his sweet lips that could only describe as chocolate all the while her hands gripped his hair for support, she switched tactics and made her way to his neck.
He moans but quickly bit his lips to hide the embarrassment as the crowd were watching them. Other competitors stopped what they were doing and watched their act. Some were jealous, others envied them for showing their love for each other, out in the open without hesitation.
Their act causes most of the competitors to quit, some out of jealousy from their partner or from admitting defeat. Flay took a peak while still kissing her partner, not stopping for anything, she found the three women, watching her, with a heinous look in their eyes.
She smirked at the sight of their disgusted look they gave to her. Flay knew she won and sealed the deal with her tongue, penetrating into Kira's innocence. As she made her way into his, he mustered every strength he could to let her in, not that he didn't mind given the fact he was still in a state of a trance that one was bewitched by her beauty that his mind went blank by the sheer intoxication of being drowned in her scent.
"Time's up!" The announcer shouted over the speaker. "All competitors stop!"
Flay hissed and reluctantly let go of him. She was greeted by a stunned look Kira who seems to be still in a state of trance. She giggled and kissed him on the cheeks to release from her supposed spell she had cast on him. He blinked and blinked only for him to get back to reality, the first to greet him was at the sight of her bewitched smile. He nervously chuckled and looked around at the crowd. Some whistled and howled at him, others grumbled in jealousy. His face reddens, his body temperature rises to unspeakable levels of embarrassment. The only thing he could think was to hide behind Flay from the embarrassment he felt. He rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her waist. Back to his safety net he thought. She returned the gesture in kind with a silent giggled while she patted his head.
"All remaining contestants, please come on stage!" The announcer requested.
The couple made their way on to the stage, hands together, arms locking with each other. Flay looked around and found only a handful of them remained. She smirked at the sight, knowing there was less competition to deal with.
"Congratulations on second place miss." The announcer said and shook her hand while giving her a silver medal.
This causes Flay to break out of her thoughts. "Wait what? Second place?"
"Don't get me wrong, you guys were fantastic, the way you two kiss, chef kiss." The announcer explained. "You guys were brilliant but the crowd liked them."
The announcer pointed to the winning couple, they looked very ordinary with no extraordinary features.
Flay just sighed and shrugged off.
"You alright Flay?" Kira asked with concerned eyes for her.
Flay smiled back and kissed him. "Yeah, you just can't win them all, at least we won in my heart."
A camera man approaches them, "Would you guys like a picture for this moment?"
The red hair instantly jumped on the chance, literally as she leaped into Kira's arms. He stumbled a bit as he was given no warning but managed to hold his balance despite the sudden actions Flay did.
"Sure!" Flay answered while still holding on to her lover. "Just make sure you get my pretty side."
The cameraman laughed and took the picture. He gave it to them and walked away. It was the most beautiful picture Kira has ever seen with it showing Flay's beauty on an unprecedented level. Flay chuckled at his awe and rewarded him with another kiss.
"Glad you like what you see huh? Lover boy." Flay said while putting herself into a standing position once more.
Kira just nodded as the two got off stage, hand in hand, into the late afternoon with the sun now fully basking them in the heat.
"Flay, do you think we should get into the shade or somewhere that is cooler?" Kira asked as he started to sweat.
Flay nodded and looked around until she found a place that piqued her curiosity which then turned to mischievous. She grinned like a devil and found something to play with which in turn, turned into desire as she quickly grabbed the poor oblivious boy to uncertainty without any explanation, only for the answer to be made when he is now sitting on the bed, with only a bathrobe for cover.
Kira was waiting nervously for her, many times they have done the deed and many times he still couldn't get over the fact he was still with her as she slowly steps out of the shower, revealing her voluptuous body to him.
Flay herself was sure she was blushing now and probably smiling ridiculously.
"That's okay," She stated. "It's just us."
What she meant to say was, if there's anyone she would do this with, it would be him. If there's one person she truly trusts, wants all of in this way, it's him.
But that's how she says it: It's just us. And he says it back to her, like he knows exactly what she mean, and then they were on the ground, in a sea of discarded plastic, and she's tearing his top clothes off, pulling his bottoms off too, pressing her mouth between his legs, clutching his plum bottom in her hands, making Kira gasp and rise against her as her tongue moves over him
"Flay," He pleaded, knotting his hands into her hair, "stop making me wait for you."
"Stop being impatient," She teases. "I've waited six years. I want this to last."
She kissed him, pushing him back against the ground, and then kissed him some more for good measure. His hands came up and under the back of her shirt, clever fingers sliding over her ribs. He looked obscene and filthy and gorgeous with his jeans undone and pushed low on his hips. With her hands splayed over her stomach and his hips canted towards her.
He turned his head so his cheek was flat against her. He could feel her muscles moving softly — her coming was more in her mind still; when she got closer she would become a single band of muscle, like a fish — all of her would move at once, flickering and curving, unified from jaw to tail.
His mind was half in hers. He felt her still loose-jointed drift — only an occasional little coil in the current tugging at her harder, moving her toward the flood.
The tide came all the way up.
He felt all of her pass into him through his forehead: the effort of her body as if she was swimming upward, then the uncurling as she stretched out to catch the break, body-surfing a wave bigger than she'd thought, caught in the rush.
He felt it — she had an instant of fear — he didn't hear it but he felt a bleat from her as though her lips were pressed against his open forehead. Then she breathed — he felt her body move as if her mouth opened on all of him — she took a breath and let herself go tumbling.
After a while they moved up the bank as though they had to escape the flood. They clambered onto the table of higher ground. He sat to untie his shoes, and Flay clambered on his back as if she couldn't get enough of clambering. He got his feet out of his pants and made his way to the bed for her.
Everything was brighter than in the room — all around them the even tops of the ceiling caught flat shadowless starlight.
He reached under her back to smooth out broken stems. For an instant he felt her feel his body, felt her register him, his inner sounds, the outer wave of them pressing toward her. And then they both fell into their own urgencies, overlapping disturbances, like waves from separate storms, at first damping, then amplifying each other.
They lay still in their pit of bed sheets. Her cheek moved against his. He had no idea what her expression was now — maybe smiling, maybe recovering herself the way she laughed at herself after she cried.
She moved her head and kissed his mouth. It didn't make her clear to him. Pretty soon she'd start talking.
She stayed quiet, though.
Kira answered that he would like to but he said he has a sense of duty to accomplish and would not like to abandon it after all Flay will continue onwards till they reach the Alaska base. Flay hid her sadness from him but told him if he really wants to do so she won't stop him and gave him a peck on the cheeks.
Her mouth moved down, then farther. He touched the top of her head, her fragile skull under wet hair, pulled her up gently. He wanted slowness, warmth, and kissing. But she wouldn't. She grasped him, though he wasn't quite ready; she wasn't either, she was dry, still cold. But she moved just slightly, sitting there above him, and after a few minutes he took the bones of her hips and pulled himself in until he'd fully stirred. She pressed down again, her body against his chest, and at last her mouth found him. He imagined the quiet street outside shining in the lights, the millions of souls warm and listening to the rain in their beds. He couldn't stop looking at the side of her face, her eyes closed, the small shell of her ear, the scar in her nostril where the stud had been, her thin pale lower lip in her teeth.
Half an hour later, his eyes closed, then suddenly opened, tears and sweat dripping down onto her, he calls out her name, and in response Flay comes at the same time that he does. Her facial expression is one of pleasure mixed with horrified surprise. After a moment—she has broken out into quick shocked laughter—he looks into her eyes and imagines that her spirit, without knowing how or why, has suddenly disobeyed the force of gravity that has governed it. Her soul, no longer a myth but now a fact, ascends above her body. Like a little metallic bird unused to flight, unsteady in its progress, her soul rises and falls, frightened by the heights and by what it sees, but excited, too, by being with him for a few seconds, just before it plummets back to earth.
Both slowly got up as the time of their love session was up. Both knew they yearn for one and another, they knew it's now impossible to go on without each other, and both want to keep it as it is, the definition of perfection. With both of them dressed up for the world to see them again, they make their way out of the door with only the receptionist to say goodbye to them and with them only knowing what was going on behind the four walls.
It wasn't before long the couple were holding hands, in a lovers embrace as they walked down the road with the sunset, now shining down upon them. It was like in a movie, they thought. Only for it to be shattered when they both saw a familiar face, namely Kira's friend, who was conveniently standing right infront of them.
Kira looked to Flay who then in turn looked back at him. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do, being his friend on the opposite side. His answer came when Flay gave a soft push, he looked at her with query eyes but was met with certainty and a smile for assurance.
He slowly approached his friend, the conversation was slow. Flay couldn't quite make out of it due to the distance between them but one thing for certain, this is no way to greet a friend she thought with her eyes rolling. It was only then she concluded that intervention is needed before it's too late and for Kira to regret whatever happens to his friend when the time comes.
"Oh my gosh! Kira, your best friend is here! What a surprise!" Flay said with enthusiasm as she went to hug Athrun
"Now choose your next words very carefully or I'll break your neck and you will be sitting on a wheel chair for the rest of your life." she whispered as her right moves behind his neck, ready to strike him
"I… I'm on vacation!" Athrun answered hesitatingly
"Wow! Must be nice! Why didn't you contact Kira while you were here?" She asked with a threatening tone "We should sit down and catch up! There is a diner not far from here, Kira loves the food there."
"No… I should be…erm… going i'm very tired after-"
"I insist on it Mr. Athrun." She said, this time with a much more threatening tone "After all Kira will be very upset for you to leave as he may never see you again."
"Kira, would you mind getting something for us darling?" Flay asked while making eye contact with Athrun "I want to chat with your best friend for a while."
"What would you like?" Kira query.
"Anything you pick dear, I trust your taste." She answered back. "The same goes for Athrun, right?"
"Y-y-yes, same thing Kira." He affirmed
Kira hesitantly nodded back and walked away, leaving the two of them alone.
"Alright it's just us two now, what are you doing here?" Flay asked while her hands were still on the knife utensil, ready to strike him if he dared to do something.
Athrun sighed "Recon."
"Oh but I doubt it will be just that, why are you really here mister." Flay retorted back with a hint of threat in her tone.
"Look, if you're thinking I'm here to kill Kira or his parents, I'm not. Happy?" Athrun quickly answered back.
Flay smiled and moved her hand away from the silver cutlery, "Good boy."
"Seriously, I should be the one asking that question, not you." He stated
"Oh my, what makes you say that?" Flay asked while smiling, having her hands moving back to the knife.
"You're not from this place and all of a sudden you claim to be in love with my best friend. How can I not be worried?" He explained
Flay pondered for a moment and realised he was right. "That's…. a valid point."
"And you're a better pilot than him, why make him pilot that mobile suit?" He asked "Are you going to let him stay since he is already home?"
"That's for him to decide, not mine." She answered, "As much as I agree with you."
"Oh? So we agree on something then?" Athrun questioned her with a smirk.
Flay chuckled, "Yes, we both know his character so I think it's a valid reason."
Both laughed.
"I think we both know the answer then?" He asked, this time with sincerity.
"Yes, sadly." She said with a sad smile "That's one of his faults but that's what makes him charming."
"Then promise me you will protect him." Athrun commanded.
Flay snorted back "You are the third person to demand me to protect him. Get in line, his parents already asked me to do so."
Athrun chuckled back. "But will you?"
"Even if it means killing you right in front of him?" She questioned him back.
Athrun nodded "The same for you."
"Keep dreaming, you are two hundred years too early to be against me boy." She happily retorted
"If i have the prototype i'm sure i can beat you." Athrun retorted.
"It's not the machine mister, it's the pilot." Flay argued back.
Both stared for a moment and laughed
"Did we have the same instructor?" Athrun giggled
"Maybe, mine had a glorious moustache." Flay answered as she wiped her tears.
"Mine had a beard." Athrun replied "His name is Fred, 'Fred of the knife.'"
"Really?! Fred?!" She exclaimed with enthusiasm. "What kind of name is that?"
Athrun laughed, "You tell me, woman."
"To be fair mine's no better, 'Avery Junior blow-the-hell-out-of-your-ass'." Flay added.
Both laughed at their drill sergeant's names.
"So how's she doing by the way?" Flay asked "The princess, did she make it home safely?"
"Yes, thanks to you I guess." Athrun said "She would have liked to meet you under better circumstances."
"I don't." Flay instantly replied with disgust on her look.
"Why?" Athrun gave a query look to her.
Flay sighed and started playing with the knife. "I feel that the next time I meet the princess, she will steal something precious from me, it makes my blood boil."
Athrun wondered what she was talking about then looked at Kira who was still ordering food from the diner, then looked back at her who gave a shrug as an answer.
"Really?" he asked with his eyebrow raised "She's my fiance."
"It's a girl's intuition." Flay answered back with a twirl of the knife. "And I hate her with every bit of me since she is one of the types Kira likes. Perfect, in every way unlike me."
"I… I see." He commented. "Not because she is… well, you know…"
Flay snorted. "The person I love is a coordinator and you're asking, I hate her because of that?"
"Have to be sure that Kira didn't get himself into a mess." Athrun retorted back.
Flay snorted again. "In any case , how about you?"
"I don't know to be honest." he answered "When we got back it felt strange."
"What do you mean?" Flay pondered on his statement.
"When we got back I thought we would be greeted for saving her but there's none of it." He answered "And it was a lot quieter than expected, not many people walking about."
Flay thought for a moment, the way he described, it felt awfully familiar that her training is telling her something is wrong and he shouldn't stay here for long.
"I'll advise you to get back the PLANTS after this." she ordered "I fear your princess' life and your people may be in danger."
"This is not some sort of Natural trick is it?" Athrun asked.
"I'm saying this from experience." She retorted. "Don't take my word for it but at least do it for Kira. after all I don't want to see him sad from having to kill you."
"Wha… what do you mean…" Athrun thought for a moment as he pondered what the red-haired woman just said "Alright, I'll think about it."
Flay Smiled "Good boy."
It was then Kira returned with their order. What Athrun didn't know was that the very person sitting on the opposite side to him had a really huge appetite that could make a fat man cry. As Kira puts down the food right in front of them, Athrun is stunned by the mountain of food Kira brought.
"Thanks handsome!" Flay delightfully exclaimed and gave a peck on Kira's cheek.
"Wha… what the…" Athrun flabbergasted, still stunned by the amount of food.
"You said you wanted the same thing she had, so here you go." Kira explained.
His poor friend didn't answer as he looked on the opposite side of him, Flay was diving into the mountain and was devouring it effortlessly while Kira was smiling at her, drinking only a cup of water.
"You're not having anything?" Athrun asked, still unsure how to tackle the monstrosity.
Kira shook his head. "I'm actually full."
"I… I see…" Athrun muttered as he poke the food with his fork.
"You know you should at least eat, Kira bought it for you." Flay said while chewing on a big piece of meat.
"How?! I don't even know where to start?! And how do you have the space for all of this?!" Athrun exclaimed in frustration.
"This is actually small for her." Kira explained. "She already ate off the entire menu before we came here."
"You and your taste in women i swear…" Athurn muttered.
"Oi! I'm still here, you know!" Flay retorted back while grabbing a spoon full of food.
"I know and I'm making sure you heard it." Athrun answered back.
Kira laughed at their banter as the two continued to argue with each other. Life has its ups and downs, Kira thought, but for now the situation is perfect with his best friend talking to the person he truly loves, it couldn't get any better.
The following day is the day they have to depart. The couple were at the front door once more, standing, with Kira's parents just the opposite of them again as if it was their first meeting again. Both parties didn't say a word to each other, only the silence in the air to say their goodbyes.
Flay on the other hand had other plans as she rolled her eyes and gave a gentle push, causing Kira to stumble but his parents grabbed him and pulled him into an embrace.
"Stay safe son." Kira's father spoke.
"I will dad." Kira smiled and padded his father's head.
"This is not how a mother should see her son off." His mother cried. "My poor baby boy…"
"Mom… please not in front of Flay…" Kira pleaded.
"Is there anything we could do to convince you to stay with us?" His mother asked him once more.
Kira shook his head. "I'm sorry mom, dad, i have to do this."
Kira's father sighed and padded his back. "Before you go, just want to let you know that we are proud of you for what you are doing."
"Thanks dad, mom." Kira smiled back.
His parents turned towards Flay who stood at attention.
"Make sure you keep him safe missy." Kira's father ordered.
"Will do Mr. Yamato." Flay answered with a bow. "You have my word."
"But if my baby boy is giving you trouble, don't hesitate to call, I will give him a good lecture." Kira's mother added with a wink.
"Mom!" Kira exclaimed.
Flay laughed. "Don't worry, I will."
Kira quickly took Flay's hand and led her away from them as he walked in the direction of the bus stop all the while hiding his face from her due to the sheer embarrassment he had to endure.
"Goodbye Miss Allster! Goodbye son/ baby boy!" His parents called back as they waved at them.
Flay stopped and waved back at them, adding her angelic smile for them to see her one last time. As they make their way to their destination. Flay changed back to her normal self and instantly grabbed Kira's arms, knowing he liked the way she was being so possessive of him.
Kira returned the sudden action in kind as he lay his head on her shoulder while they were walking, it was then he realised that she was a bit taller than he was.
"Something doesn't feel right here." Kira stated as he looked up towards Flay who was smiling devilishly at him.
"Nope! Everything's normal." Flay concluded. "After all you're the Beta and I'm the Alpha in this relationship."
Kira grumbled and pulled her, causing her to be kissed by him on the cheeks.
"Damn you woman." Kira muttered.
Flay laughed. "Alright, alright. You get to be the Alpha and I'll be the Beta, just because I love you."
Kira kissed her again. "I would rather be equal."
"Oooh." Flay gave a devil smirk. "But you are my love."
Kira snorted. "You're just saying that because you love me."
Flay laughed and kissed his hand. "You know me too well now."
"Well I have to since we are technically married." Kira countered her as he kissed her hand this time. "You kept saying to others I'm your husband."
"But am I wrong?" Flay smiled back at him.
"Do I deserve that title?" Kira questioned her.
Flay instantly stopped walking and pulled him into a hug.
"The real question here is, do I deserve to be your wife?" She countered.
Kira nodded and gave a quick kiss on her sweet lips.
"You do and I can't think of anyone else to be by my side." Kira answered confidently.
Flay looked away and chuckled. "That's quite cheesy, you know that."
"Sorry, probably my other self would have said something better." Kira looked down in shame.
"Look at me Kira." Flay demanded.
Kira complied and saw her blushing madly, with redness all over her face as it tried to match her natural hair colour.
"Yes, it's cheesy but that doesn't mean I didn't like it." Flay told him as she was barely holding him for support. "Right now I'm having a hard time controlling my emotions and it's all because of you."
Kira slowly but surely, began to smile and started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Flay demanded to know.
"It's just… I always thought I had to wow you." Kira answered. "And I'm quite scared you will find me boring or you found someone better."
Flay couldn't take it any longer and collapsed onto him. Kira quickly caught her and held her in an embrace while the older woman rested her head on his shoulder.
"You don't have to be afraid, my hubby…" Flay barely spoke through his shirt. "I will never fall in love with anyone else, you and only you."
"Thanks Flay, now I'm blushing." Kira answered.
"Had to make sure we're even." Flay answered back.
Kira laughed and hugged her tighter which she did the same. The two remained there for some time with only passerbys giving a quick glance before walking away.
"Kira?" Flay was the first to break the silence.
"Yes?" He replied back with a question.
"Are you sure you really want to follow me?" Flay questioned him. "It's not too late to go back home."
"No, my home is with you now." Kira answered.
Flay lifted her head and gave a quick kiss.
"Damn you and your cheesy lines." She muttered.
"Haha… sorry." Kira replied in an apologetic tone.
Flay shook her head. "You have nothing to apologise for, my sweet. In fact you deserve a reward for making fall heels over you again and again."
"Oh and what does my wife have in mind?" Kira asked.
She smirked in silence.
His answer came when the couple were back on board the Archangel, speeding away towards the Alaska base. The door of their room was locked with only them inside. They make out, they kiss and the kiss, unbearably fragile, a spike of sensation, shoulders the frame. Everything Flay thinks about who she is, what she is, is irrelevant.
There are no words, only sensation, smooth sensation. Tender, like the tickling lick of a kitten. Flay feels powerless, suddenly stoned. Kira is kissing her. She is kissing Kira. They are standing in the middle of the bed, giving and getting every kiss they've ever gotten or given; kissing from memory.
Kissing: fast, hard, deep, frantic, long and slow. They are tasting the lips, the mouth, the tongue. Flay puts her hands to Kira's face, the softness of his skin. Kira rubs her face against Flay's — sweeping the cheek, the high, light bones, muzzling the ear, the narrow line of the eyebrow, finishing with a butterfly flick of the lashes.
Kira is at her chest. A noise escapes Flay, an embarrassingly deep sigh — like air rushing out of something. She can't believe that she's letting this happen; she's not stopping it, she's not screaming,
She's enjoying it. Kira is kissing Flay's belly, tonguing the spot that no one ever touches. Flay reaches for Kira — there's an incredible strangeness when they touch simultaneously.
Kira touches Flay's chest, pressing. Her knees buckle, she collapses onto the bed. Kira goes with her.
Flay is thinking that it'll stop in a minute, it won't really happen, it won't go too far. It's just two people exploring. Only this time, it is far more personal — Kira is taking possession of Flay.
Kira is pulling Flay's pants off. Flay is lifting her hip, her pants are tossed off under the bed. Kira is still in his clothes. Flay reaches for the belt, half thinking she will use it to pull herself up, she will lift herself up and out of this. it opens, exposing Kira.
Kira spreads himself out over Flay. Kira against her, not ripe, repulsive. She almost screams — it's like a living thing — tongue and teeth.
And Kira is on top, grinding against Flay, humping her in a strangely prickless pose. He reaches her hand under Flay's bosom to get a better grip.
"It's all right," Flay says. "It's fine."
Fine if it's only on the outside, fine if it's just a hand. Fine if it's fingers and not a tongue, and then fine if it is a tongue. Fine if it's just that, and then it's fine. It's all fine.
Kira's fingers curl between Flay's legs, slipping in.
"Aooww," Flay says, combining "Ah" and "Ow," pain and pleasure. He slips her hand back into Flay, finding the spot. He slips in and out more quickly, more vigorously.
Flay comes in cacophonous convulsions, great guttural exaltations. She's filled with a flooding sensation, as though a seal has broken; her womb, in seizures, squeezes as though expelling Flay herself.
And just as she thinks it's over, as she starts to relax, Kira's mouth slides south, and Flay is flash-frozen at the summit of sensation, her body stun-gunned by the flick of Kira's tongue. She lies splayed out on the bed.
Flay is concentrating, trying to figure out exactly what Kira is doing. Every lick, every flick causes an electric surge, a tiny sharp shock, to flash through her body.
She is seeing flashes of light, fleeting images. It's as though she's losing consciousness, losing her mind, dying. She can't bear any more — it's too much. She pushes Kira away.
Smugly, he showed her. He sat on the bed and leaned back in the shadows, while she was standing on top of him. And just looking at her fine body, damp with sweat and happiness, made him excited for her.
"Come over here," Kira told Flay.
On that night, as on many other nights, he pulled up the tangled sheets so that she could join him on the bed again. And soon Kira was grinding her damp bottom against his chest, belly, and mouth and strands of her red hair came slipping down between their lips as they kissed.
Then she mounted him and rocked back and forth until things got all twisted and hot inside and both their hearts burst and they fell back exhausted, resting until they were ready for more, their lovemaking going around and around, like the melody of a song of love.
Morning came and the sun greeted the couple who was completely naked from what could be called a daily and nightly ritual. Flay was the first to get up as she rubs her eyes with yawn being let out. Her naked body was being basked by the sun like a goddess if only it was real as she turned the screen off. With one last step, she kissed the soundly asleep boy on the forehead and got dressed. She made her way to the podium and looked out at the open sea. It's surprising she's not sea sick given her past fondness of the area on her last trip.
Just as the Archangel was about to reach the Alaska base, Zaft forces were spotted and were attacking the base.
"The base is under attack!" Murrue exclaimed.
"Already ahead you captain." Flay announced over the comms. "Me and Kira are ready to launch, just give the word."
"Damn you and your eagerness." Murrue muttered under her breath. "You have permission to launch!"
"Understood!" Flay answered back. "Lieutenant Allster! Launching!"
The rezel unit was shot out of the launch bay area at full speed, followed by the Strike gundam equipped with the launcher pack. Flay quickly slowed down as she managed to catch Kira before he hit the water as his gundam landed on top of hers.
"You ok up there?" Flay asked.
"Yup!" Kira answered back with a thumbs up from his Strike. "Ready as ever!"
"Oi! You guys always forgot about me!" Mu interrupted their conversation as the Aegis flew next to them.
Flay chuckled. "Glad to see they finally let you fly that machine. Maybe you should talk to the captain when we get back about feeling lonely."
"I heard that." Murrue grumbled.
"Duly noted captain." Flay answered back as she maintained focus on screen. "E.T.A on contact in thirty seconds, Captain."
"Understood, good luck." Murrue grumbled and replied.
Flay laughed as she cut off communications but stopped at what she saw.
"Erm… is it me or did Zaft just had an upgrade with their mobile suits?" Flay asked as she zoomed in her camera.
"Not just you kid. I am seeing the same thing." Mu replied.
Flay's eyes widened at what she saw, ELS mobile suits that looked like Ginn types followed by the Phase one ELS flying around.
"Holy shit!" Flay exclaimed over the comms.
"What are they?" Mu gave a query look.
"This is bad." Flay muttered as she switched her personality. "ELS, base is a goner. Evacuate as many Earth Alliance personnels as you guys can."
"Those silver monsters you guys were talking about?" Mu asked.
"Yes and these ones are Phase two, they have assimilated mobile suits and look like Zafts are their victims." Flay answered as she checked her weapon systems. "Keep your distance, don't go into close contact with them, cut off any parts if made contact with them before they Assimilate it and…"
"And what, Flay?" Kira looked at her.
"Mercy kill anyone who is too late to save." Flay finished her sentence.
"Understood." Mu acknowledged. "You lead kid, I'll follow."
Flay looked around and spotted frigates were getting out of port as fast as possible.
"There!" Flay pointed. "Spotted our lads trying to make a break for it! Dropping you now Kira!"
"Wait! How should I know who to shoot?!" Kira exclaimed.
"Shoot anything that looks like it doesn't belong here, handsome!" Flay answered back as she tilted her unit. "Now go!"
The Strike and the Aegis dropped down in front of the evacuees and blasted everything in their sight. The Earth Alliance soldiers cheered at the sight of them.
"Bloody hell! You guys are a sight for sore eyes eh?" one of the defenders exclaimed. "Sergeant of the new Strike Dagger division, we are all that's left."
"Where are the higher ups?" Mu asked as he shot one of the inifect Ginns down.
"Bloody got godsmack them lot came down on them." The Sergeant explained. "Building's crushed like me aunt's fuking crumpets."
"What?" Mu looked dumbfounded at the Strike Dagger.
"They're dead Mu." Flay answered. "You're british?"
"Yai lassie! Born and bred there." The Sergeant replied. "So is me company and all."
"Understood. Could you guys speak londoner with them?" Flay asked. "They're not used to it."
"Yes ma'am." They replied.
Flay turned towards Mu and started circling around him. "I'll divert the enemy's attention away from here, you lock this place down."
"No, I will do that. You will lock down this place." Mu retorted. "I outrank you."
"We are both the same rank Mu." Flay rolled her eyes. "And you're in no position to argue, you literally just pilot the Aegis for the first time."
"But I'm the older one here, so I get to take point!" Mu retorted back.
"Well I have more experience in dealing with these things, i get to go first!" Flay answered back.
"Well i-"
"Guys! Can we not argue now!" Kira pleaded. "More are coming our way!"
"Right!" both said in unison.
Flay turned her unit into combat mode and fired every weapon she got. The Ginns fired back at her but missed as she jumped out of the way. Kira supported her and returned fire with his beam launcher. The duo pushes forward until more ELS appear from above. The Strike dagger division and the Aegis opened fire by creating a wall of beam, instantly destroying them before they were able to get close.
Flay sighed and scanned the area until she spotted a group of convoy trucks heading their way but were being pursued by the ELS mobile suits.
"Kira! There's a convoy heading our way but are being followed!" Flay stated as she turned her unit back to flight mode. "Hop on!"
"I'll never get used to this…" Kira rolled his eyes. "Ready!"
Kira raises his gundam's hand as Flay flew over him, grabbing it with hers and taking off.
As they approach the convoy, Kira shoots his launcher in mid air as the beam descends down upon the ELS. They returned the greetings in kind and fired back. Flay banked hard left to avoid getting hit but the shock caused her to accidentally drop Kira off, causing him to tumble to the ground.
"Kira!" Flay panicked.
"I'm alright!" Kira replied as he got up. "Didn't expect them to shoot beam weapons."
"Welcome to my first deployment." Flay smirked as she landed next to him.
"What do we do?" Kira asked as he fired again at the enemy.
"Hold this road until the convoy gets through." Flay ordered. "I'll distract them, after that you give the killing blow."
"And how would you do that?" He asked.
"Trust me." Flay smirked and flew off.
Kira watches her fly up high into the sky like an angel and unleashes her payload onto the ELS mobile suits. They then focus their attention on her by trying to shoot her down, allowing the convoy to escape underneath.
Flay dodge rolled hard and dropped counter measures as some of the attacks got close to her. She swivel left and right in mid air gracefully as the enemy tried to get to her but she was too fast for them.
"Kira! Now is a good time!" Flay demanded she dodge roll another attack. "I can't do this all day you know!"
"Trying!" Kira answered back as he shot down as many as he could. "There's so many of them!"
"Ok! Hang on!" Flay shouted and climbed her unit up into the blue sky.
The ELS continued firing and was slowly lined up into a single file. One she saw this, she quickly pushed the throttle down, causing the unit to do a deep descent before she blacked out of the high Gs.
"Now Kira!" Flay commanded.
Kira didn't hesitate and shot his beam launcher, the shot pieces through every single one of them, destroying them in a spectacular explosion.
Flay sighed and gave a thumbs up. "Good job, my love."
"Thanks," Kira nodded back.
More gun fire could be heard from the distance, causing Flay to sighed.
"You ready, handsome?" She asked.
Kira cocked his launcher. "Ready."
"Hold on!" Flay ordered as she grabbed his hand.
The duo continued this dancing game with the enemy for hours as they saved convoy after convoy of trucks as they made their way towards the ships. It was at this time, the Archangel arrived and provided support with its cannons as it took down the larger ELS while more survivors got on board.
This continued throughout the entire day as the couple kept landing on board to restock and refuel their war machines with only minutes of rest before heading out again to save more it wasn't until eventually the alarm sounded off showing a massive wave of ELS zaft mobile suits were entering into combat space.
"Lieutenant Allster, Ensign Yamato, we're running out of time." Murrue said over the comms. "A massive swarm is approaching us and we only have a limited window to get out of here before we get cut off."
"But there's still thousands of soldiers here!" Kira exclaimed as he kept firing.
"And thousands more will die if we stay here for them!" Murrue retorted back. "We can't save them all."
"The captain's right, Kira." Flay agreed.
Kira gumbled in frustration.
"As much as I hate to leave them, she and your partner are right. " Mu concored.
"I… I understand." Kira sighed in defeat.
"Alright now that's done. The next problem is how are we going to get out of here without them following us?" Mu asked.
"If I remember correctly… no the risk is too great." murrue said.
"What is it?" Flay asked.
"The base has the cyclops system." Murrue answered.
"What?!" Mu shouted over the comms. "You're not thinking of using it!"
"That's what I said! The risk is too great!" Murrue retorted back.
"What does it do?" Kira asked.
"It's basically a microwave but it will vapourised any living human because it boils liquid." Mu answered in disgust.
"How big is this thing?" Flay wondered.
"Kid… no! Just no!" Mu shouted in anger.
"I'm not thinking of using it!" Flay answered back. "I'm thinking of using the Aegis self destruct program and blow this place up."
"That… that actually might work!" Murrue happily exclaimed. "The system has huge amounts of energy reserves. One small spark should bring this place down! Lieutenant, you're a genius."
Flay nodded. "Mu, set the program to self-destruct, i'll bring it to the heart of the base inside the city."
"How long do you want me to set it?" Mu asked as he began typing.
"Ten minutes." Flay answered.
"Are you nuts?! I won't make it out in time!" Mu retorted.
"Not you, me." Flay answered back.
"Flay!" Kira cried.
"No, not like that, silly!" Flay smiled. "But thanks for your concern. I'll carry it over there and fly out with my unit."
"Alright, the program is primed now." Mu stated as he jumped out. "Good luck."
"Thanks hot shot!" Flay nodded and grabbed the Aegis. "Kira, you with me. I need some cover fire."
"Right behind you, Flay!" Kira replied back.
"Once you're done make your way back to Orb, we'll link up there." Murrue ordered and smiled at the two. "And godspeed."
"Thanks captain." Flay smiled as she turned off the communication.
The couple fought their way into the underground city, every step they took they saw hundreds of soldiers still trying their best to escape with the infected still swarming them. Kira was about to help them but Flay had already finished placing the Aegis down.
"Let's go Kira!" Flay ordered as her unit got into flight mode.
"But… there's thousands of them!" Kira pleaded.
"And we will be with them if we stay here any longer!" Flay retorted but calmed down. "Let's go, Kira."
He reluctantly nodded and jumped on her unit.
Flay pushed the throttle to max and took off at incredible speed. As the timer was about to tick to zero, Flay sighed.
"Cover your eyes and ears, my love." Flay ordered as she gunned it.
Kira did so as he put himself in a brace position. An explosion was heard, coming from behind them and then the next was silence that followed. The unit shook hard due to the after impact but Flay quickly stabilised it as the unit's program readjusted the flight. Neither said a word as they flew out of the combat zone.
The trip was silent as Kira's gundam was riding on top of Flay's mobile suit. Neither said a word as they tried to make their way back to Orb territory and link back to the Archangel.
"Kira?" Flay asked as she was the first to break the silence.
"Yes?" Kira answered back with a question as he was staring at the monitor.
"Are you alright up there?" She questioned back in a motherly voice.
Kira hesitated a bit but sighed as he gave in to his honest feelings. "I… no, I'm not, Flay."
"Wanna talk about it?" Flay asked as she continued to pilot the Rezel.
"Its… all those lives… gone… Just… vanished…" Kira began to sob. "I could have saved them, Flay! I could have!"
"Kira…" Flay muttered as she realised what he was going through.
"I wasn't strong enough Flay! I could have saved them all!" Kira cried in agony.
"Kira, listen." Flay pleaded.
"I didn't do enough Flay!" Kira cried. "I could have gotten more of them. I could have got more…"
"Kira, there were thousands of Earth Alliance soldiers-" Flay tried to reason. "Half of them are still alive because of you."
"If I was more skilled… Hehehe…" Kira humorlessly chuckled as he cried in the cockpit. "I threw away so much energy. You have no idea Flay… if I just…"
"Kira, there are many soldiers who will live to fight another day because of what you did." Flay reasoned again.
"I didn't do enough!" Kira shouted back.
"You did so much, my love." Flay said in a calm voice despite his outburst.
"This gundam. This gundam would have bought more time. Why did I try to make sure it's still intact? Ten people right here. Ten people. Ten more people!" Kira cried. "This suit. Two people. Two more people. It would have given me two more, at least one. One more person. A person, Flay."
Kira sobbed in the cockpit as he cried his heart out.
"I could have gotten one more person… and I didn't! I… i… Didn't!" He continued to cry.
It was only when he felt the wind, blowing his face and a familiar touch did he stop. Kira looked up and saw Flay herself, helmetless cuddling him as she was soothing him to rest.
"Shhh…" Flay whispered as she stroked his back. "It's alright handsome, you're not alone anymore."
"Flay…" KIra muttered as he held her tightly.
"There, there…" Flay said in a soothing tone. "It's never easy to see so much loss of life but you have to keep on living for them."
"But…" Kira muttered as Flay pressed her finger on his helmet.
"If there is a god out there, he will bow to you for what you have done." Flay said with a smile. "I know I would."
"If only I was stronger…" Kira continued to mutter.
Flay gently removed his helmet and wiped away the tears.
"You are strong Kira, my love." Flay proceeded to kiss his forehead. "Never forget that."
Kira looked into Flay's eyes, they were hollowed, dulled by the battles she had fought before, he turned away, not sure what to say. To her, this is nothing he thought in shame.
Kira then looked at her again. "You must be thinking how pathetic I am right?"
Flay gave a stunned look then shook her head. "I never thought of you like that."
"Really?" Kira asked as he lay his head on her shoulder.
"You want to hear my story?" Flay questioned.
Kira nodded while still laying on her shoulder.
"When I first graduated and went on my first deployment." Flay said as she stroked his brown hair. "I witnessed the death of my units, the people who trained with me since day one and the civilians who lost their lives."
Kira hugged her tightly.
"It was something like this, I was in a worse position than you, currently." Flay stated while continuing to sooth Kira. "I lock myself up in my room, never coming out for three days straight. Gramps had to break down the door when he and grandma got back from their mission. I was a mess."
"Really?" Kira asked.
"Yes, my sweet." Flay answered as she kissed his head. "I almost wanted to give up life but I told myself I had to keep going."
"What pushes you?" Kira questioned.
"You." Flay smiled as she held him closer to her chest. "You are the reason to make me keep on living."
"Thanks Flay…" Kira smiled under her chest.
Flay smiled as she felt him being relaxed. "I know words and actions from me alone won't help but I'll always be here with you, every step of the way."
Kira gets back up and kisses her.
"Thanks, Flay. "Kira smiled back.
"No problem, my hero." Flay said.
"By the way, who is flying?" Kira asked as he realised she was here and not in her unit.
Flay chuckled. "It's on autopilot don't worry. We have all the time in the world until we arrive back at Orb, sounds good?"
"Yeah, Flay?" Kira looked at her.
"What is it, my love?" She asked back.
"Would you mind staying with me?" Kira asked her. "Just like back in the desert?"
Flay giggled and smiled back at him. "Sure handsome."
The couple remained in their current position for the remainder of the trip as they flew all the way back to Orb territory. Once landed they were greeted by the sight of Archangel in all of its glory, parked next to another but this one is in the colour black, surrounded by Earth Alliance soldiers and three gundams that they had never seen before, only the Orb soldiers pointing their guns at them gave a sense of security.
A soldier came up to them and told them to head to the briefing room and they did. Once there they were greeted by the sight of familiar faces such as the Archangel crew, the remnants of the Alaska corp, the three test pilots who were avoiding eye contact with Flay and Kira and the Orb leader with one very familiar face they haven't seen for awhile.
"You!" The person hissed.
Flay looked at her and remembered. "Oh, it's the tomboy, Kira."
"It's Cagalli!" She hissed again.
Flay shrugged. "Meh, you're not important enough to remember."
"Why you!" Cagalli raised her fist but stopped by an older gentleman.
"Miss Allster, I would appreciate it if you could refrain from your banter with my daughter." The older man said calmly.
"And you are…" Flay looked at him with a curious look.
"Uzumi Nara Athha, leader of Orb." The older gentleman answered. "I believed we had met before back on my trip to Alaska."
"We did?" She asked.
"You were young but I recalled you were supposed to be the same age as my daughter." He answered.
"Ah, you must be referring to my younger self." Flay replied.
"Younger?" He gave a query look.
"This supposed traitor came from a different timeline." A voice interrupted.
They turned and saw a man wearing a blue suit.
"And you are?" Flay asked.
"Muruta Azrael." The man bowed. "At your service."
Kira had a gut feeling that he needed to step in but stopped when Flay held him back.
"Oh, and why did you call me a traitor?" Flay questioned him.
"Well isn't it obvious? You have fallen in love with our enemy. Well i suppose one have the fondness of being in a bestiality relationship." He taunted.
Flay quickly took out her pistol and pointed directly at him.
"Tell me one good reason why I should not kill you right now for insulting my husband." Flay said as she cock the trigger while standing in front of Kira.
The man smirked. "The only reason why we are here and instead of blowing this breeding ground of mutants is because of your father."
"Dad?" She looked at him with a query look.
"Yes, after hearing the Alaska base exploded to god knows how, he heard the reports that his other precious daughter was still alive so he sent us to aid you. As much as I hate to work with… inferiors." He answered.
Flay put back her gun and smirked at him. "Must be boiling your very soul then."
"You have no known idea traitor." The man snorted.
"Alright! Enough!" Murrue shouted across the room. "Let's get this meeting underway, the more we argue with one another the more time this new enemy is getting closer!"
Everyone instantly sat down and listened to what the captain had to say. The meeting dragged on for a while with lots of shouting and bantering going on. It was going nowhere, which frustrated Flay so much she couldn't take it anymore.
"Alright you lot!" Flay slammed the table and everyone stopped bickering. "Now that I have your attention, Welcome to the wonderful reality of being stuck in this shit storm of the end of the world. I have experienced it."
The group didn't say a word but Flay continued.
"First off, I need all you Earth Alliance, Orb and whatever battle groups present, to represent themselves." Flay ordered. "Who are you? What was your purpose?"
The man in a light blue suit steps forward with a hint of smugness. "Muruta Azrael from the Earth Alliance and leader of the Blue Cosmos, present we shall search and kill all of the coordinators."
The whole room gasped but Flay continued pointing at another group.
"A-a-astray test pilot group, present." The blond hair pilot shuttered as she looked directly into Flay's eyes.
"Astray main force present!" One of the leaders spoke. "We are here to defend the lion of Orb."
"Cagalli… Princess of Orb… represents the Orb council with father." Cagalli said with a distasteful tone towards Flay. "Lion for life dogfucker."
The whole gasp once more with Kira wanting to shout at her but Flay held him back and shook her head and moved on to the last of the two groups.
"Strike Dagger of the Alaska corp, present." The Sergeant of the group spoke. "We are all that remains of the Earth Alliance station there."
"Archangel team! Present!" Mu excitedly spoke, causing Murrue and Natarle to give him a death glare. "We are the heroes of this story!"
Murrue stabbed him in the stomach. "Could you be serious for one minute!"
"Only when you're not around, beautiful." Mu smirked back at her.
Flay clapped her hands. "Alright then! You all are pathetic in your own little ways."
She then slowly walked to each of the groups.
"So let me point out all your flaws and tell you why you won't survive the ELS invasion."
She first started with the Blue Cosmos leader.
"You're the equivalent of spoiled, rich children." Flay pointed out. "Also your accent is weird like you have waffles in your mouth."
"What?!" The leader of the Blue Cosmos exclaimed as she moved on to the test pilot team.
"The ELS are going to eat you out like ice cream sandwiches, once you even step foot on the battlefield." Flay gave a smug look at them.
"That is literally the absolute worst thing, you could have said." The pilot with glasses spoke. "Thank you."
Flay then turns to the leader of the main force of the Astrays.
"You don't even know what an ELS is, do you?" Flay questioned.
"Are they the same as us?" The leader asked back.
"Yup! You're gonna die." Flay stated as she moved on to Cagalli.
"Well first off, you're probably not used to the whole I'm in charge thing that is not being controlled by your lion of Orb." Flay said then looked at Cagalli. "And second off… you. Tomboy princess…"
"Just stop, breathing." Cagalli ordered. "I can smell the ammonia from here."
"What in the hell did you just bloody say about me! You little brat!" Flay lost it as she grabbed her by the collar.
"I'll have you know i was top of the training academy in the whole of the United Nation!" Flay continued as she shook her violently. "And I have been involved in numerous combat with these monsters and I have over three thousand confirmed kills. I am trained in urban warfare and I am the top CQC expert in the world. You are nothing to me but just another Nancy Lion lover bitch!"
At that point, Cagalli looked like she was about to cry but Flay let go of her and went back to her usual expression as she turned to the last group.
"I feel that your very presence is enough to show why you really shouldn't be here." Flay pointed out.
"I agree." The sergeant nodded.
Flay then turned to the whole group and sighed.
"The lot of you are not gonna survive a single sunrise here at this rate." Flay concluded.
"Then what are we gonna do then?" One of them asked.
"Murrue?" Flay turns towards the captain.
The captain sighed. "We will need to get to space, it's our only chance to get out of here."
The entire room felt silent as they knew what it meant. The hour drew closer as the facility was going to be abandoned with preparation going underway, on the plus side the Earth Alliance has a spare Strike gundam for Lieutenant Mu to use. The situation was going well until one of the Strike daggers from the Alaska corp came running towards Flay who was in her unit, helping with the loading.
"Lieutenant, permission to speak, ma'am!" The strike dagger sergeant requested.
"Yeah, what do you need?" Flay asked. "Did your mobile suit pop a screw?"
"Grave news from the rear ma'am!" He answered back and turned towards the strike dagger next to him. "Private, tell them what you saw."
"I'd like to report the presence of a giant bloody horde of the ELS Zaft army flying to our location Ma'am!" The private exclaimed in panic.
"Private! Language!" The sergeant exclaimed.
"Pardon me -" The private apologises. "Sergeant but it does get even worse. This humongous army, it's being led by two unknown gundams!"
Suddenly flying ELS mobile suits appeared with bombs strapped on them while the two gundams stood there, menancingly.
"Preliminary bombardment incoming!" One of the Astray pilots shouted.
"Ha! Is that all they got?!" Flay exclaimed.
"All units! Raise your shields!" Captain murrue ordered. "The battle starts now!"
"Strike dagger grunts! To battle losers!" The Forbidden gundam pilot shouted.
"Lieutenant! Let us take care of this, you stay here and protect our capital ships!" The strike dagger sergeant said.
"Is that really a good idea?" The private asked nervously.
"Strike daggers of the Alaska corp! To your positions!" The sergeant confidently said.
"But our position is right in the bombardment zone!" Another strike dagger private argued.
"I cannot hear you, private!" The sergeant retorted back. "As you were not granted the permission to speak freely! Now , to your positions!"
The strike dagger team of the Alaska corp quickly made their way in haze. As they arrived the strike dagger team from the dominic ship took heavy damage from the bombardment but was still standing with the Astray team already stationed there.
"Move it! Ingesting high amounts of explosives equals high risk of suffering terminal death!" The Astray team leader ordered.
"Oi, lads, the Astray teams are leaving!" The strike dagger pilot from the Alaska division commented.
Suddenly more bombs coming down on them.
"Take cover!" Another one shouted.
"I don't see, i don't see, any fucking cover!" Another pilot panicked.
The bombs landed on top of them and exploded but the team sufferers no damage to their mobile suits, only knocking them down to the ground.
"Woah! That was a close one, lads!" The private stated. "yeah?"
"The hard, cold ground is covered by enough of the Strike daggers!" The Sergeant commented back.
"Muruta Azrael! Look out!" The private shouted.
The bomb landed right on top of him as he was about to get into his transport, hitting it and killing him instantly by the explosion that follows.
"Well I guess Captain Murrue is in charge of the rest of us now." One of the strike dagger pilots chuckled.
"Never like that guy." The Sergeant commented.
Meanwhile, Flay and Kira shoots down all the remaining bombers that were about to hit the ships.
"Blasted!" Murrue hissed. "All units! Hold them back!"
The ELS Zaft forces charges into battle.
"Let's make more time! They must not reach us!" Murrue ordered. "Send in the unmanned frigates!"
The ships sounded the honks and off they went charging directly at them while the basic computer system fired wildly at them taking a few of them out until they hit the main force, which then tried to assimilate them.
"Nice! A roadblock!" The private commented. "Let's see them get through that good and proper!"
"Oh, they're tanky buggers too, aren't they?" Another commented.
Just then a team of Astrays with the three female pilots walked past them.
"Come!" the blond pilot shouted. "A glorious battle shall welcome us and we will be famous!"
"Yeah!" her two other friends shouted.
"I'll… just be uh… enforcing discipline here at the back." The calamity gundam pilot said.
Another team of Astrays and strike daggers walk past the Alaska division.
"Huhuh… Finally, some action." One of the Astray pilots spoke.
"Don't swing around your arms too much, your mobile suit will malfunction." The team leader ordered.
As this was happening Murre sighed and connected Mu.
"Mu!" Murrue commanded. "Make your way out on the field and show those crummy ELS forces what a true pilot of the Earth Alliance is made of!"
"Alright captain, beautiful!" Mu answered. "You owe me a date after this!"
Mu flew down right infront of their force in a grand epic entrance.
"Let's see what this strike gundam can do!" Mu exclaimed excitedly.
Suddenly the gundam powered down.
"What?!" Mu panicked. "Move!"
"It seems like it needs a jump start." Kira commented.
"What!?" Mu exclaimed. "Damn piece of cheap machine!"
As this was happening the battle rages on with the Strike Dagger team watching from afar.
"Oi private! My son!" The sergeant called. "Did you see the frigate's roadblock? Pretty clever right?"
"Sir there's a gundam blogger than a building over yon, and you're thinking a bit of inclement traffic's gonna stop it?" The private cried.
"But it's really tanky though, init?" Another pilot commented.
The gundam blasted with its weapons at the frigate blockade, drestorying it effortlessly and cutting one in half with its beam saber.
"Not tanky enough! Not tanky enough!" The private cried in panic.
"That gundam's got some proper road rage if you know what i mean." The other pilot commented.
"I don't think it's a gundam anymore!" The private shouted back. "It's more like a giant daemon!"
"You know lads, i know we've been taught since training to always follow orders, not knowing fear and all that good stuff, right?" A pilot spoke with fear in his voice. "But I'll be straight with ya lot. I'm about to shit meself."
"You can shit when you're dead, private!" The sergeant interrupted. "Now keep a stiff upper lip, pilot! This is our moment of glory! Come on, Strike Dagger team! Charge!"
The team sprang into action and went into the heat of the battle.
"Astray team!" Murre called.
"Yes my captain!" The team leader answered back.
"You must not allow a single enemy to slip through our lines." Murrue ordered. "Defend the perimeter with your lives!"
"Affirmative!" The leader acknowledges. "Duty unto death, my captain!"
The leader then turned to the three female test pilots.
"Don't let them pass rookies!" the leader demanded. "In the name of the Lioness of Orb!"
"The name's such a…" The short-haired pilot sighed. "Are we really going with that?"
"Never mind about that," Her glasses friend interrupted. "We have a clear shot at those foul creatures surrounding the remaining frigates. We need only your word."
"No!" The leader shouted back.
"No?" The pilot with glasses questioned.
"No!" The leader repeated.
"Okay…" The blond pilot muttered with a query look.
"We cannot endanger the frigates by shooting at those Silver monsters!" The leader explained. "The risk is too great!"
"Erm… Not for me to question your wisdom, but we could mow them all down from here." The pilot with glasses reasoned. "The frigates are supposed to soak up the damage either way, so a few stray shots really wouldn't make much of a difference."
"Again! No!" The leader shouted back. "The risk is too great!"
"Then what are we supposed to do then?" She questioned.
"Stand fast!" The leader replied.
"S-s-s-stand f-f-f-fast?!" The short hair shuttered.
"Stand fast!" The leader again repeated.
It was when Mu came flying down on their position then they sighed in relief.
"I'll take it from here!" Mu said with confidence.
"It's the Hawk of Endymion!" They shouted. "We're safe!"
Mu then charged towards the frigate that was slowly assimilated by the ELS but his gundam tripped and fell to the ground, tumbling like a barrel.
"It's alright!" Mu exclaimed as he got up. "I figured it out!"
Mu resumed his charge again but still failed as his gundam tripped once more but in a much more spectacular manner.
"Warfare…is… is not an exact science." Mu stated.
"We're dead." One of the Astray pilots facepalmed.
The ELS horde finally managed to assimilate the frigates and moved on, charging towards them at an incredible speed as they flew towards them.
"Oh shit!" Mu exclaimed and covered his face, embracing for inimend death.
Fortunately for him the ELS ignored him and went for the Astray team instead.
"Team leader, they are charging at us now!" The blond pilot shouted. "Permission to actually shoot?!"
"Yes!" The leader answered back. "Overwatch! Overwatch!"
"We can't shoot properly! There's too many of them!" The Short hair pilot exclaimed.
The ELS came crashing down on them, assimilating almost all of the Astrays with only leaving the three test pilots intact as they fell to the ground. The Strike dagger sergeant saw this and quickly pulled the three pilots to safety.
"Now is not the time to lie about!" The Sergeant shouted at them. "Now is the time to run the fuck away!"
At this time, Mu finally got up as he pushed the throttle of his strike gundam and came face to face with the Unknown gundam.
"This is really not my day." Mu muttered as looked at the plating which read freedom. "Freedom huh? Funny and ironic don't you think?"
The gundam now identified as freedom took out its beam saber and pointed at him.
"It's been a long time since I had a duel with another opponent." Mu said. "Come! Show me what passes for fury among your ELS kind!"
The freedom charges at Mu's strike gundam, he managed to parry the blow with his 'Schwert Gewehr', an anti-ship sword. He took side steps and brought his sword to bear.
"I am the fireman who shall put out your flames of aspiration!" Mu declared and lunged forward, stabbing the freedom gundam.
The ELS Freedom took the sword and started assimilating it. Mu saw this and let go of the sword.
"Damn it!" Mu cursed and took out his beam launcher and fired at it.
The enemy gundam took the hits but wasn't fazed by his attacks. Mu turned around and saw his once former allies, now fully assimilated, were firing at him. He cursed once more and made a tactical withdrawal back near to the Archangel.
Murrue saw this and slumped back on her chair. "Damn it! We're losing units left and right!"
"Captain! Enemy reinforcements are coming from the North!" Mirrialla shouted. "Multiple mobile suits and ELS are in tow!"
"Captain!" Flay shouted as she continued firing her beam rifle. "We must launch as soon as possible! We are losing ground! And it can't well be done if all of us are going to be Assimilated!"
"No!" Murrue retorted back. "I know we can win this!"
An interruption came from the frontline.
"Zaft mobile suits incoming!" A pilot shouted over the comms.
All remaining units on the front fired their weapons at the incoming enemy and managed to shoot down a few of them.
"Wow, I actually killed one." Mu said in a surprising tone. "With the… Automatic guns… damn it."
The ELS Zaft force then charges at them at full speed.
"I regret this decision immediately." Mu commented.
"Don't be a coward, Hawk!" The calamity pilot taunted. "We will purge these Coordinator freaks-"
The pilot didn't manage to finish his speech as the ELS Zaft forces overwhelmed them, killing and assimilating their troops, leaving only him and Mu alive as Mu quickly cut off the infected parts before it could assimilate the calamity gundam.
"Tactical retreat!" Mu shouted at the remaining forces left standing.
"Nooo!" The calamity gundam pilot screamed.
"Tactical retreat!" Mu shouted again.
"Noooo!" The calamity pilot pleaded as he struggled to break free.
"Squad broken!" Mu shouted.
"Vengeance!" The calamity pilot screamed into the comms. "Vengeance!Vengeance!"
The few remaining forces combine themselves into a strike Dagger and Astray team and blast the enemy with a wall of beams.
The ELS were unrelenting and kept pushing forward, countering them by firing their underbarrel to disperse the numerous ELS units but to no avail despite the valiant effort by the Strike Dagger teams.
The ELS freedom gundam fires its main armernance and obliterates them to ash. The raider gundam pilot saw this and laughed.
"Ha! You guys are pathetic!" He gloated. "All of you turned to ash!"
The other gundam joins the Freedom gundam and hovers right beside it.
The pilot looked at the name of the gundam and saw it was written Justice.
"Bah! Justice! I'll show you the true Justice!" The pilot screamed. "Oraa! Oraa! Oraa!"
The raider gundam got into flight mode and charges directly at the gundam now known as justice. The pilot transforms back into combat mode and throws its spherical mace at it, knocking it back due to the force it produced.
"HA! Loser!" The pilot happily exclaimed.
The justice retaliates by firing its weapons at it. The raider pilot was slow to react and took some hits, disabling most of its weapons.
"Fuck you! Take this!" The pilot shouted and threw punches at the justice gundam.
The attack was not effective due to the phase armour. The justice gundam returns the attacks in kind by taking out its own beam saber and stacks directly into the cockpit, killing the pilot instantly.
The Strike Dagger team from Alaska saw this as they were firing their weapons at the incoming horde.
"Most of our gundams are dead lads." One of the pilots announced.
"Those giant winged tossbag gundams are unstoppable!" Another exclaimed.
"Killed our gundam in one shot!" The other added.
"It's going to get to the capital ships!" Another pilot pointed out. "What do we do?!"
"Just keep firing!" Their Sergeant ordered. "Have faith in the Lion of Orb!"
As the sergeant finished, the Freedom gundam fired on to the forbidden gundam with a full burst of its weapons, immediately turning it to molten metal.
"I correct meself, all of our gundams are now dead." The pilot added.
"Yeh?" Another pilot questioned. "So… How are we still alive? When all of our gundams are fucking dead?!"
"See, i reckon we should keep it that way, so i suggest we advance hmm… backwards!" The private suggested.
"A reasonable suggestion, private." The Sergeant commented. "Withdraw to a better position!"
The Strike Dagger team quickly make their way back to the capital ships. When they arrived they were greeted by the side of panic as all the remaining units tried to get on board.
"Archangel's full!" Flay shouted at them. "Get to the Dominion and hurry!"
"Flay! Cagalli doesn't want to board the ship!" Kira interrupted with a panicked voice.
"What?! Why?!" Flay asked as she fired an incoming ELS unit. "We need to leave now!"
Kira then pointed to the position where the blond-haired woman was and Flay saw she was on her knees begging her father to join her.
"Please daddy! I beg you! don't go!" Cagalli pleaded with her father.
"I'm sorry but my duty is here." Her father said and gave her a photo. "Even if you are adopted I still treat you as my own."
Cagalli was stunned. "What?"
"And do not worry your brother will protect you." Her father.
Flay facepalmed. "Are you for real?! Is this the time to say this?!"
"My apologies Miss Allster, I'll take my leave now." He spoked.
"No! I'll come with you!" Cagalli pleaded.
Her father sighed "Ledonir, take her to the ship."
"Yes sir." The tan soldier obeyed
"Father no!" Cagalli pleaded as she continued to struggle and cried as she was being pulled into the ship.
"I love you." Her Father spoke as the doors closed on him.
Cagalli's father then turned to Flay who was firing her beam rifle still as the ELS were approaching closer to them.
"Miss Allster, would you mind ecorting me to the centre of the facility?" He asked.
"What are you planning to do?" Flay asked as she continued firing her weapons.
"I'm going to meet the council and blow up this place so these monsters can't follow you." He answered.
"Understood." Flay's unit nodded. "Kira! Cover me!"
"What?! Flay! We need to leave!" Kira pleaded. "The Archangel is leaving!"
"Don't worry handsome! My unit's thrusters are strong enough to take us to space without the ship's help!" Flay answered. "Now help me!"
Kira smirked. "Alright!"
Flay turned to the older gentleman and opened her unit's hand right next to him. "Climb aboard your majesty! Your express coach is ready!"
"Is this safe?" Cagalli's father asked as he climbed on board.
"It is since you asked so nicely." Flay smirked. "Next stop! Armageddon!"
Flay began running while carrying the older man in her unit's hand. She uses the other free hand to shield him from any incoming fire as Kira was right behind her, firing away at the ELS.
"Keep going Kira! You're doing great!" Flay complimented him as he managed to prevent them from getting hit.
"Thanks Flay! But there's too many of them!" Kira answered back as he fired his beam launcher.
"Don't worry we're almost there!" Flay answered back. "Just stick with me and cover my ass!"
"You got it!" Kira smiled.
Flay ran and dodged incoming fire, she cursed under her breath every time a shot got close but still perceived as they were almost there, she took a hard turn and ran for it while Kira was right behind shielding her for any incoming shots she couldn't dodge.
"Flay! Mirriallia said that all three ships have taken off!" Kira exclaimed.
"Great! That's one less thing to worry about!" Flay answered back as she made a final turn.
"We have arrived." Cagalli's father announced.
"Alright putting you down now." Flay said as she lowered her unit's hand down to the ground.
"Thanks for everything, Miss Allster." He said as he got off.
"No problem! When it comes to air travel, we know that you have no choice whatsoever, but thanks again for choosing Air Allster." Flay answered back.
The older man chuckled. "I like this version of you better."
"Beat it old man, I already got someone." Flay smirk. "But thanks for the compliment."
The older man smirks back. "Thanks for everything and… look after Cagalli and her brother alright?"
Flay snorted. "Yeah, yeah. I will, assuming I survive the tomboy's incentive nagging on not saving you."
The older man laughed and waved at them as he ran into the facility.
"Alright Kira, now it's our turn." Flay said as she turned her unit into flight mode. "Hop on!"
"Ready Flay!" Kira answered back.
Flay flew low and fast, narrowly missing every shot that the Assimilated mobile suits were firing at her. She pushes the throttle down and Kira jumps on top of her. Flay quickly ignited the engine and pushed the engine to max, giving everything it got.
"Kira! I need you to purge your striker pack!" Flay ordered. "We're too heavy!"
"On it!" Kira shouted back and did so.
Kira releases all of his weapons and the Rezel begins to pick up speed. The ELS tried to follow but wasn't able to as they were almost reaching to space.
"Miss Allster, this is Uzumi." Cagalli's father called. "Are you out of the blast zone?"
"Yes, we are reaching space now." Flay answered as she continued the climb.
"Understood, it's been an honour serving with you." He said with a smile.
Flay nodded. "Save me a spot when you get there alright?"
The older man laughed. "I will."
He pushes the button which ends all and destroys everything on the island but it didn't. He pushes again and again but nothing happens.
"Er… anytime now." Flay said.
"I'm trying!" Cagalli's father panicked.
"Flay! The Archangel! The Dominion and the Kusanagi!" Kira shouted in a panic tone.
Flay looked in front of her and saw the three ships were surrounded by ELS and Zaft mobile suits with the ELS already infecting all three of the ships slowly.
"Nononono!" Flay pleaded and began firing at the infected parts of the ships.
"Flay! What do we do?!" Kira asked.
"Contact the ships and ask all the crew to lock up! Don't let a single one touch them! If they do, cut the infected part!" Flay ordered as she released the Strike gundam and turned to combat mode.
"What about us?!" Kira asked again.
"I try to stop the infection and engage the ELS." Flay answered back. "I'll… Do what I can."
"Flay, be careful alright." Kira said with a sad smile.
"Don't worry lover boy, I will." Flay answered back and blew a kiss on screen.
Flay flew close to the ELS and fired all weapons at them. It reacts and comes chasing her. She fired her beam rifle and hit a few of them but there were many and only her to defend the three ships that were slowly infected.
She understood that her top priority is to clear the Archangel first in order for Kira to dock and rearm his strike gundam once more in order to help with the new threat but she was unable to as she realised that the infected rate was spreading much faster than she could shoot them down. Flay fired her grenade launcher at the docking bay area but it didn't do much as the ELS just covered it up and continued on. She cursed at the sight and continued firing until she was surrounded by them.
The ELS went in for the kill as they hit her unit's legs and tried to assimilate it but Flay quickly reacted to it and cut her unit's legs off. She reengages them and increases her damage output of her beam rifle. She fired at them again and again, only for them to regroup. They lunged to her unit and envelope it, assimilation was soon imminent.
"Flay!" Kira shouted over the comms
He saw what was happening and wanted to rescue her but Flay shook her head.
"Don't Kira! It's alright…" Flay began to cry. "Just remember I always love you."
"Flay! There's got to be some other way!" Kira pleaded.
"I'm sorry my love, guess your parents were right." Flay smiled sadly as she armed her self-destruction. "At least I got my happy ending."
"Flay!" Kira slammed on the console.
"Goodbye Kira…" Flay smiled as the lights turned red, indicating the program was ready to self destruct the unit.
Just like in the movies, a miracle was witnessed as suddenly the ELS that were assimilating Flay's unit got blown to bits. Flay squinted her eyes and looked around, she saw a Brave unit flew right past her.
"What the…" Flay muttered, then turned around and saw thousands of ships coming out of the slipstream.
Flay looked again and saw the all familiar logo, The United Nation Expeditionary Force had arrived with one massive ship carrier in the heart of the fleet that is beyond anyone could imagine.
"This is the Admiral of the fleet of the United Nation Expeditionary Force." A voice came over the comms. "Requesting contact with local forces in the area."
No answer came.
"I repeat, This is the Admiral of the fleet of the United Nation Expeditionary Force." The Admiral repeated. "We need target coordinates if we are to provide accurate fire support."
Again no answer.
"I repeat, we need target coordinates to provide accurate fire support." The Admiral said again.
Flay push the comms button to answer.
"This is Lieutenant Flay Allster of the United Nation expeditionary force." Flay Answered. "Am I glad to see you guys! I need fire support at Foxtrot six and Echo five. I also need rescue teams for three cruiser size ships, over."
"Roger that Lieutenant." The Admiral answered back. "All guns fire for effect!"
The massive ship carrier fired all of its guns in a barrage of beams and lead onto the ELS; it had no chance against the United Nation's onslaught as they were accurately picked off.
"To all friendly units this is the Admiral of the fleet we're coming from the south please identify your targets before firing over."
"Roger!" All the rear Admirals shouted.
"Damn you magnificent bastard!" Flay said with delight. "And bless you for coming! My significant other was about to mourn my death!"
"I bet you were, Lieutenant." The Admiral smirked.
Flay chuckled as the strike gundam got near her. She opened the cockpit lid and stepped out, she surveyed what was left of her rezel unit and saw only the head and the torso was left intact. She laughed at her almost certain death as the strike got closer. Flag waved at the Strike as Kira opened his cockpit. He didn't hesitate and jumped out, shocking the red hair as she tried to catch him. He landed safely on her side and simultaneously grabbed her in a hug.
"You stupid woman!" Kira cried as he held on to her tightly, not letting go of her.
Flay sighed and returned the hug. "Not gonna lie, I was quite scared."
"Why do you keep doing this to me?" Kira whispered.
"Well…The risk I took was calculated, but damn… am I bad at maths." Flay answered back.
"Not funny, Flay." Kira said with a stern voice.
"Sorry my love, just… wanna lighten the mood." Flay answered back. "I almost saw my life flash before my eyes."
"Were they good?" He asked.
"Yeah… every single one of them… the best ones were you in them…" Flay answered with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"So what now?" Kira questioned as he broke off.
Flay sighed and smiled at him as she put her hand on his helmet. "You're not going to like it."
"Flay…" Kira gave her a death stare as she contacted the Admiral.
Flay shook off his gaze and held his hand while talking to the Admiral. "Sir, do you still have my armour back on the ship?"
"Yes lieutenant, what do you have in mind?" He asked.
Flay gave a smirk look at Kira who could only sighed in defeat With the scene changes to the massive ship carrier.
"All ODST head to your drop pods." The operator announced over the comms. "This is not a drill, all ODST head to your drop pods."
Every orbital drop ship troopers ran as fast as they could and into their pods, being trained throughout their entire career, this is nothing new to them but it's never easy, especially the force of impact through orbital reentry.
"We are green and very, very mean!" The ODST troopers shouted over the comms.
They are then released and plunged directly down to earth. The troopers held on to their dear life as the force of impact was strong.
"Alright listen up, the timeline is currently under siege by ELS, they are currently on phase one to phase two. Your primary objective is to secure and escort the VIP to safety, his name is Uzumi." Flay orders over the comms as the drop pods continue to descend towards earth. "Everything else is secondary, oorah?"
"Oorah!" They shouted back.
The drop pods landed in mere seconds later as they hit the ground. The troopers spring to action as they kick the doors of the pods and unleash a trail of death in their wake. Multiple infects fell under the barrages of lead as their hardened crystal shells were no match for their weapons.
Upon contact, they were greeted by the sight of the Orb council members with one that stood out among them.
"Are you Uzumi?" One of the troopers asked.
The middle aged man didn't know how to react but slowly nodded.
"Yes…" He slowly replied as he regained his composure. "Are you an angel?"
"No, unfortunately, god and his angels are a bit busy at the moment so they sent us instead." One of them replied back
"Ma'am, We have the VIP secure and also other survivors." Another trooper called.
"Good." Flay acknowledged. "Could you pass your radio to him, a certain tomboy princess would like to speak to him."
"Understood ma'am." The trooper spoke and handed his radio to the older gentleman. "For you sir."
Uzumi quickly took it and placed it against his ears.
"Hello?" He spoke.
"Daddy! You're ok!" Cagalli cried over the comms
"Yes, I'm fine." Uzumi said with a smile on his face. "The detonation didn't work, something must have stopped it."
"You stupid daddy, trying to go off and be a hero." Cagalli sniffed. "Who's going to stop me, who's going to lecture me on not doing things i suppose to?"
The middle aged man chuckled. "Don't worry I'll still be here."
Suddenly the building shook.
"We got to go now!" The trooper ordered.
Uzumi nodded. "Alright, Cagalli. I have to leave now but I will be with you soon."
"Ok daddy, and make sure you don't go off and be a hero ok?" She ordered.
"I will, promise." He answered and passed the radio back to the ODST trooper. "Let us leave."
"About time." The trooper commented. "HQ, VIP and other survivors are in tow and ready for pick up."
"Negative on that, your area is too hot for an extraction team to get to you." The operator spoke. "You will need to fight your way out of the building and on to the facility streets, in order to make it to the extraction zone."
The building shook once more.
"God Damn it…" The trooper muttered. "Understood but you better have that dropship ready when we get there."
"Roger, HQ out."
The ODST team and the survivors fought their way to the extraction point but were not so successful as the place was swarming of Zaft infects who were able to shoot back at them while also having to deal with their mobile suit that seems to be upgraded due to the ELS being assimilated with the armour.
The team fought and fought but to no success. Just as they were about to be overwhelmed, another drop pod came crashing down on to their position. The troops were bewildered by this event as all were deployed for this mission.
Their answer came when the doors of the pod were kicked off, revealing a heavily armoured soldier from the United Nation force.
"Commando…" One of the ODST troopers muttered in awe.
The said commando wore thicker armour than the standard United Nation trooper and were better equipped to take down even the biggest of mobile suits despite being at human size. It has the all important wrist blade for close combat with the ELS infected, the commando carbine with an underbarrel launcher to take out enemy mobile suits but what makes them stand out is the helmet they wore. It was a T-shape visor compared to the normal visor that all branches of the force have. Its helmet lights up with a blue hue, giving an imposing look to anyone that saw them but as of right now, it was a sign of hope and their saviour.
"Commando! We're safe!" One of the ODST shouted.
"If they're good as they said, they can practically win the war themselves." Another added.
The commando didn't waste any time and went full frontal assault towards the enemy, the commando danced with them as the commando gracefully shot at the infected while throwing grenades.
The explosion occurred while the rest of the team watched on at the sheer carnage that was unfolding right in front of them. This caused the attention of multiple infected mobile suits and turned their weapons against this new on coming threat. Despite being human in nature, the commando moves with ungodly speed that would seem that a normal human couldn't do so.
The mobile suits fired at the commando, the shots connected. The team and the survivors thought it was over but once the dust cloud dissipated, it revealed the commando to be still standing.
Cheers erupted at the sight as the commando rushed forward. The ELS mobile suits fired again and again. Their shots hit but it doesn't seem to stop the on going rampage of the commando as the commando kept firing its underbarrel launcher, taking out several mobile suits.
They were getting desperate as more of the normal infected came out of hiding and ran towards the commando. The commando switches back to rifle mode and blasts away the infected at ease, piercing through several of them for every shot.
The commando wasted no time dispatched the last of the threat with the last ELS mobile suit being taken out by the commando's underbarrel launcher.
The team cheered and howled at the sight as Uzumi slowly approached the commando.
"Thank you for saving us." Uzumi said.
"You can thank me once we get you back to that tomboy princess." The commando answered back while taking off the helmet.
Uzumi gasped at what he saw as a familiar face came to view, Flay Allster.
"Wha…" He flabbergasted
"You didn't expect that, did you?" Flay asked with a query look. "I am one of the best after all."
"But… But what about up there, in space?" He asked while still trying to comprehend what was happening.
"Oh, Kira is handling it with the rest of the reinforcements." Flay answered back but smirked at him mid way. "Oh sorry I mean, the tomboy princess brother."
They were interrupted when explosions could be heard in the distance.
"Let's talk later." Flay suggested while putting her helmet back on. "I'm sure the princess would not appreciate me if I brought you back to her in a body bag."
The man could only muster a nod as the red hair leads the team and the survivors to the extraction zone.
"I have a question." Uzumi asked as they ran.
"Go ahead." Flay replied with annoyance.
"How were you able to survive after taking hits from those mobile suits?"
"Would it be better if I told you it is because of plot armour?" Flay asked as she continued running at a much faster pace. "Or I'm the reincarnation of Mary Sue?"
The old man sighed. "Forget what I asked."
This made the red hair giggled as they finally made it to the dropship which was just hovering above them.
"Tiktok, Mr. president. Your chariot awaits." Flay sarcastically said while hooking him on to the line.
"Is… is this safe?" He asked hesitantly while the rest of his entourage were also being hooked up.
"Only one way to find out, my king." Flay stated and gave the pulley a tug.
The dropship crew cranked the lines and pulled them all at once. This caused them to scream on for dear life as the ODSTs and Flay laughed at their expense.
"Man! That never gets old!" One of the ODST said.
"HQ, VIP is secure." Flay announced. "We are heading back to the boat."
"Roger, hostile forces are on a high speed approach to your location." The operator spoke. "Your window for extraction is closing soon."
Flay watches as the last of the ODST got on board then grinned happily.
"No need to inform that operator." Flay told him as she got herself hooked up. "We are already gone."
With that, the dropship crew cranked her to safety, back on to the transport.
"Understood, status confirmed, mission accomplished." The operator announced. "Commence next phase of the operation, orbital bombardment, watch the fireworks ma'am."
She did and it was spectacular, all those Zaft infected units wiped out with a single blow along with the facilities and the fallen Orb soldiers. Uzumi and his fellow survivors gave a salute as the dropship closed its door as it made its way to space.
Once back on board the ship carrier the first to greet them were the cheers of the Orb soldiers and the ship's crew along with the Admiral of the fleet waiting for them. The Admiral of the fleet salutes at them and Flay returns the gesture.
"Excellent work Lieutenant, your efforts in the field have certainly encouraged the crew and boosted morale." The Admiral said.
"Thank you Admiral." Flay answered as she took her helmet off. "And thank you for saving everyone."
The Admiral chuckled. "It's not everyday you get to gloat that you save the heroine of the United Nation. Now if you would excuse me Lieutenant. I must take my leave and speak to the locals, in the meantime I do believe a certain young man is waiting for your return."
Flay looked around and saw the said young man, waiting for her in the corner of the hangar. She gave a quick salute and ran towards him.
"Kira!" She shouted with joy in her voice.
"Flay!" He returned in kind.
The two ran and embraced each other after making contact.
"I'm back." Flay whispered into his ear.
"Welcome home, Flay." Kira whispered back while still holding on to her, not letting go of the red hair.
It was only when a certain short blonde hair woman approached them then the two broke off.
"Hey… Flay…" Cagalli nervously spoke.
"Yes?" She query.
"I… just want to say thanks…" Cagalli muttered.
"Sorry? What? I can't hear you." Flay said in a mock tone as she pretended to not be able to hear her as she put her hand on her ear.
This made Cagalli frustrated. "I just want to say thank you!"
"Oh wow! The tomboy princess coming all the way here to give her thanks? Are you seeing this Kira?" Flay spoke in a mocking tone, all the while grinning like the devil she was.
"Flay…" Kira pleaded as he rolled his eyes.
"You. damn. Insufferable. Woman!" Cagalli angrily muttered as she ball her hands into a fist.
Flay laughed at the sight. "I jest! I jest! You don't have to thank me. After all, you are my supposefully sister-in-law."
Cagalli shuttered when she emphasised the title and snorted the fact that this very woman in front of her is the one that her newly discovered brother was madly in love with. Every fabric of her bones in her body, chilled at the sight of her as if her body is telling her to avoid the red haired woman at all cost.
Flay continued to laugh at the sight of her uneasiness and continued to push even further by kissing Kira right in front of her all the while she nipped his ear with her arms wrapping around his waist. Flay is enjoying every moment of it and Kira can't do anything to stop it.
"In any case, if it weren't for you, I would most likely won't have a father anymore, even though I was told I was adopted just recently." Cagalli said with her teeth gritted.
Flay shook her head and pulled her into a hug, causing Cagalli and Kira to be shocked by her action.
"I did it, not because I like you." Flay whispered into her ear. "I did it because you remind me of the time when I lost my father and no one should suffer the same fate, not even you."
Cagalli pushed Flay back, her face showing a very shocked expression, plastered on to her for the world to see, making Kira very much more confused with Flay ginning again at her like a devil has just made a deal for an answer.
"You… mean?" Cagalli stammered, unable to get the words out her mouth.
"Shhh…" Flay demanded with her finger on her lips and a wink to seal her voice. "Not in front of my darling will you, he doesn't deserve it."
Cagalli could only nod at her while she watched the older woman, grabbing her brother by the arm and pulling him off to the unknown parts of the ship carrier as the door closed behind them.
"Do you have to speak to her like that?" Kira asked as they were walking.
Flay hums to herself happily, not caring anything as she was still in arms locking with the person she loves.
"Flay?" Kira asked again.
"Oh it's just that's the last time I will speak to her in that manner and I want to savour the moment." Flay answered back happily. "After all, I always thought of her as a competitor but now, after hearing she was your sister. I think I'll treat her better."
"I mean it's still kind of weird to know I had a sister to begin with." Kira said. "Why didn't they tell me?"
"Doesn't matter, what matters is do you still love your parents even after you are told you are adopted?" Flay asked back with her arms locking tighter with his.
"Well yeah, of course." Kira answered.
"Then we put a full stop, simple." Flay stated. "Everything else doesn't matter."
"I'm still curious why though." Kira explained.
"I'm sure they will tell you eventually, but for now let's focus on the future." Flay said with enthusiasm. "Thinking of the past will distract from the now."
coincidentally , as they were walking they caught up with the three defected Earth Alliance officers who slowly walked aimlessly, minding their own business.
"Hey! It's the three monkeys! Flay exclaimed with a wave.
"Oh! It's you kids." Mu was the first to turn around. "Glad to see you two made it back safely, we were looking for you by the way."
Flay shrugged. "Had to make a detour back to Earth to collect a package."
"Kid, you are really something else you know that." Mu stated with a smirk.
"I aim to impress my liege." Flay said with a mock bow. "How are the others by the way?"
"We didn't lose anyone thanks to your people." Natarle explained. "They just made it in time, one of the Zaft infected almost got close to Murrue but your guys intervened and saved her."
Kira sighed in relief from hearing the news.
"And for that, they have my thanks." Murrue added.
"And the ships?" Flay asked with a query look.
Murrue sighed. "Mudorch and this ship's team are looking into it but from what I heard from him the Archangel and the Kusanagi will most likely have to be scrapped and the perfect strike needs to be extensively repaired along with the remaining Daggers and Astrays. The damage is too great."
"Oh how the mighty have fallen." Mu said in a dramatic fashion.
Natarle jabbed in the stomach, resulting in him laughing and a death stare from the captain.
"By the way we received a transmission coming from Zaft territory." Murre stated.
"What does it say?" Flay asked.
"Do you remember Athrun?" She asked
"Yes! What happened?! Is he ok?!" Kira exclaimed.
"Don't know, the transmission only said his name on repeat and nothing else." Murrue explained.
"Oh no…" Flay muttered.
"Is there something wrong?" Mu asked.
"Did you inform the Admiral?" Flay quickly asked.
"No, not yet." Natarle answered back.
"Please do! and hurry! It's an S.O.S signal!" Flay answered. "We need to rescue them, this is not a one off thing! Their entire colony is infected!"
Flay quickly grabbed Kira's arm and dragged him away in quick hase, leaving the bewildered three officers behind. They reached a door which is made of exquisite wood unlike any of the dull metal doors that Kira has seen so far on the ship. Flay quickly opens it, revealing a line of assorted weapons on display that Kira had never seen before.
"Where are we, Flay?" Kira asked as they entered the room.
"This is where I usually requisition guns that aren't available to the normal soldiers." She answered, "We call him the Sommelier."
"Do we need to go that far?" He asked again.
"Your friend is in trouble and you want to save him right?" Flay asked with curiosity "Everything goes at this point."
They were both greeted by a man in a suit with a medallion, hanging right on his chest. Kira thought of him as the typical stereotype of old money that one would see in movies.
"I'll do the talking." she whispered
Kira nodded as the conversation began between her and the man himself
"Good afternoon, Miss Allster. It's been a long time." The Sommelier said.
"I'd like a tasting." Flay stated
"Very well, Miss Allster." The Sommelier smiled as he approached the guns that were on display.
"I know of your past fondness for the German varieties, but I can wholeheartedly endorse the new breed of Austrians. Series number thirty four and series number twenty six." The Sommelier said as he took them out from the display self "Recontoured grips. Flared magwell for easier reloads. And I know you'll appreciate the custom porting. What's next?"
Flay thought for a moment about the mission then quickly came her answer.
"I need something robust. Precise." She declared to the man
"Robust… Precise…." the Sommelier muttered and thought of the gun
He turn to his display once more and slowly scan through the collection until one hits him what Flay wanted
"Commando rifle series number fifteen, eleven point five inch. Compensated with an ion-bonded bolt carrier. Trijicon accupoint with one point six magnification."
"Could you recommend anything for the end of the night? Something big, bold." Flay requested
"May I suggest the shotgun series number four?" The Sommelier quickly answered with a smile and gave the gun to Flay. "Custom bolt carrier release and charging handle. Textured grips, should your hands get... wet. An Italian classic."
"Dessert?" She asked as putted the gun down
"Dessert." The Sommelier humoured and got out a box of knives "The finest cutlery. All freshly stoned. Shall I have everything sent to your locker?"
"Yes. Thank you." She answered as Flay gave him a bunch of gold coins
"Excellent." He replied with a smile. "Miss Allster? Please do visit the R & D team, I believe they have something for you."
The couple quickly exited the room and walked further down the hallway which they then came across an empty room that was completely white.
"Wait a minute." Kira looked around "Where are we?"
"Oh, sorry. Lights." Flay ordered.
The lights hum as it turns on. Kira gasps as he watches the machines engaged in some sort of experiment.
"What? What the hell just happened?" Kira asked
"The water we drink so conveniently from taps is laced with a chemical that inhibits the ability to see certain frequencies of light." Flay answered, "Those frequencies are used in this room."
"So it's all just invisible?" Kira asked
"You and everyone else in this universe do not have the ability to see the things in this room." She added "You'd be surprised how often we use this."
Just then, they overheard a conversation between two scientists.
"Explain this to me one more time. What are we trying to do here?" one of the scientist said
"Something that will make our power of war shine brighter than the thousand suns" said the other "A weapon that will bring terror, to the hearts of our enemies."
"If they had hearts to begin with."
"Ah but with the power of the bear,shrunk into the size of a butter knife."
"Eight years ago, we found something laying in an alternate dimension city," The scientist explained "An apparatus with foreign look and materials."
"We brought it back to our world and managed to grow and shrink items at will!" the other added
"No…!" Kira exclaimed
"This is a miracle!" the scientist exclaimed
"Even our chickens were blessed by this machine's strength and power." the other added
"Blessed thy by this chicken." Flay chuckled
"Now, somehow… Somehow!" the scientist exclaimed as he slammed his hands on the table "It changes the size and strength of a tool!"
"We will now try it with a warhammer!" the other added
"Gods be good…"
"Are we messing with the powers of the heavenly skies?"
"This surely cannot be safe. I'll tell you!"
"Hmmm… Yesn't" the scientist answered back "Now watch this."
"First, we grow it to increase the power…" his partner explained as he push the lever of the machine
"Magic!" Kira exclaimed
"And then…" The scientist continued. "By the gods…"
"We shrink it to make it more handleable."
"Easier to handle." Flay corrected the scientist
"Right, easier to handle." the scientist corrected "But it keeps the power!"
"Are you ready to try it out?" the other asked
"Aye but be careful!" Flay ordered "I wanna see another sunrise."
"Here we go!" the scientist exclaimed and went to the test dummy standing in the middle of the room "Just a little touch…"
The scientist did a tap on it with the tiny hammer and resulted a huge dent on the poor dummy as it had a huge hole in the middle where the scientist tapped
"HO OH…. Woah… Mighty power…!"
"By the way, the sommelier said you have something for me." Flay query.
"Yesn't." The scientist replied as he took out a stick. "This is a beam saber."
"Ok?" Flay replied back with uncertainty as she took the stick. "So I'm assuming you use this piece of equipment to increase its strength and decrease its size."
"Yesn't." The scientist answered back. "We actually decrease the weapon strength and size to make it more handleable."
"Easier to handle." Flay corrected the scientist again.
"Right, again, easier to handle." The scientist corrected it.
"But won't it make it weaker?" Flay questioned.
"Yes but it also makes it safer to handle and it gives you the power to cut those ELS down with ease as a beam saber, we call it Hard light saber."
Flay activates and a hard light beam shoots out.
"Woah…" Kira muttered at what he saw.
"Impressive." Flay said as she swung the weapon. "Light and it glows… blue?"
"We like the colour." The other scientist explained.
Flay rolled her eyes as she sheath the weapon into her armour.
"Is there anything else?" Flay asked.
"That will be all for now." One of the scientists replied. "We will begin resuming our research."
"Understood, come Kira, let's go back to my quarters. I want to fully rest before we save your friend." Flay stated as she grabbed his hand and exited the room.
It was a short walk to the said room that Flay's room was located. Once they have arrived she opens the door, revealing it to be full of her personal belongings which Kira doesn't recognise most of them other than the bed that was on the side, neatly tucked, waiting for them to rest on it.
"Oh it's good to be back!" Flay exclaimed as she collapsed on the bed.
Kira chuckled and joined her by gently sitting down on the mattress.
"Home sweet home." Kira simply stated.
"Not really, I consider this place more of a storage room." Flay replied back as she continued to stretch on the bed. "Oh yeah! That hit the spot."
"Want me to help you?" Kira asked with a smile.
"As in a massage?" Flay questioned him back. "Sure! Let me take off my armour first."
Kira watches her as she gets up and starts to take it off. Every piece of armour she took off, hits the ground with a loud thump sound. As she continues, Kira's mind slowly wanders off, thinking about her. He knew the answer why she does this, Kira knew she felt bad and this is her way of repaying whatever debt she owed in her past life but he felt sad that she is suffering such a harsh burden she puts herself in with every armour she took off represents a debt she carries around and every debt needs her to pay in saving lives.
"Kira?" A voice questioned him.
He snapped out of his thoughts and his vision was greeted by the sight of her. Flay was now only wearing the black lingerie they bought during their shopping trip in Orb. he was blushing furiously at her once he realised what he was doing.
"Erm… If you want to do that, we could, I guess." Flay offered to him.
Kira shook his head instantly.
"Sorry, my mind was somewhere else and I know you are tired." Kira explained. "Just lie down and I'll do the rest."
"Oh… Ok, if you say so." Flay answered back, sounding a bit disappointed as she lay down flat on her back.
Kira chuckled and kissed her back.
"Now, just relax." Kira ordered as he began pressing her back with a gentle touch.
Flay moans instantly as her muscles begin to relax. "Oh yea… that's the spot Kira."
"How about here?" Kira asks as he moves his hands and presses at a different spot on her back.
Flay moans even louder and grips the pillow for support. "Oh yes! Yes! That's much better! I don't know how long I needed this."
Kira giggled back. "Alright Flay, I'll keep pressing this area until you want me to move."
Flay grunted as a confirmation while Kira began to continue pressing on the spot.
"Flay?" Kira asked. "Can I ask you something?"
"Hmmm? Sure… Go… ahead… Oh yea… just a bit up there please…" Flay said while Kira continued.
"Why do you push yourself so hard?" Kira questioned as he continued to massage her.
"It's because I want to protect you." Flay answered.
"Flay, I think that's one of the reasons. Would you mind telling me the other?" Kira continued to question.
"It's a way to say I'm sorry to you." Flay answered back.
"May I know what you did to me?" Kira asked again.
"I… I would rather not." Flay answered. "I don't want to ruin what I have already built with you and to see it come crashing down just because I simply told you."
"That bad?"
"I mean, I was naive back then." Flay answered. "I mean I still am, given the fact my younger self is still here with dad."
Kira giggled. "So you're saying you are an airhead?"
"Yes, Kira but I am your airhead now and nothing is going to change that." Flay smiled under the pillow.
"You're smiling under there aren't you?" Kira said with a grin.
Flay turned around, fully facing him with a seductive look as she bit her lips.
"You're getting better at reading me." Flay stated as she stretched her arms open. "Come here."
Kira obliged and rested himself on top of her as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I love you so much." She whispered into his ear.
"I know, you told me many times already." Kira whispered back.
"And I am going to keep saying that until my last breath." Flay stated.
"Flay…"
"What? We're all going to die of old age right? I'm not immortal." Flay playfully said.
Kira laughed and earned a playful slap from Flay as she joined in.
"Lieutenant Allster and Ensign Yamato from the Earth Alliance to the bridge." An announcer interrupted. "I repeat, Lieutenant Allster and Ensign Yamato from the Earth Alliance to the bridge."
"God damn it…" Flay muttered.
"Time to leave I guess." Kira whispered back.
Flay nodded and brought his face close to hers.
"Kiss me first before we leave." She ordered.
Kira glady did so and gave her a passionate kiss. It was a sincere kiss that one could only describe as love. It was not like any other kiss they have done. Those were intense and pure with lust in between while the current is full of certainty, assurance and the feeling of security that Flay needed.
They broke off with both of them happy for each other. Flay quickly got up and put back her suit on, the very suit that shall protect her from harm of the outside world while holding hands with Kira, the young man who shall protect her from the inside as they exit her quarters and make their way to the location.
They were greeted by the same people, familiar faces all around them with only the operators in the control bridge that Kira does not recognise.
"Glad to see you kids made it." Mu said as he was the first to greet them.
"Hope we didn't miss anything important." Kira answered back.
"Not at all, we were just waiting for you to begin." Murrue answered back.
"Well since we're here now, let's get this underway." Flay demanded.
The Admiral of the fleet coughed. "Right, Lieutenant. Your people have just informed me of the transmission and the situation that we are currently in, as of now all of the three ships are currently inoperable and we need to rescue this person who apparently has connections with this young gentleman standing right next to you holding your hand."
Flay looked down and saw she was still holding Kira's hand, the red hair quickly let go and placed his hand with a bit of distance.
Mu laughed. "Oh young love, if only my beautiful captain would love me back."
Murrue gave a death glare towards him while Natarle gave a mock cough.
"Right… as of now the fleet is now heading towards the colonies at full speed." The Admiral of the fleet continued. "Our objective currently is to not only rescue the said VIPs but also any survivors from the other colonies, Lieutenant, you know what to do."
"Yes sir!" Flay answered with a salute.
The Admiral took a step back, revealing a holographic projector screen with chibi avatars setting on display showing the map of the entire space region.
"Awww… so cute!" Flay squeaked in delight.
"if you can concentrate, lieutenant." the admiral demanded.
"Are you my mummy?" Flay teased.
"Focus! Lieutenant! Focus!" the Admiral demanded
"sorry." she replied with a wink.
The Admiral rolled his eyes and moved on. "Our plan is to use a Gundam, equipped with our GN-drive and pierce through their defences that the ELS currently have. Once that's done, we will send in our rescue cruisers and land in every colony they have."
"But they have hundreds of them." Natarle stated.
"And a hundred cruisers shall be used in this operation." Admiral retorted back. "We leave no humans behind."
"And where does the kid fit in?" Mu asked with a query look.
"The Lieutenant is gonna jump in a dropship, roll across into the city, and blow up any inhuman son-of-a-bitch dumb enough to get between her and the VIPs!" The Admiral answered back with confidence. "Our big blue style cannot be defeated!"
"Shall I get to my assigned team then?" Flay asked.
"Yes and quickly!" The admiral ordered. "Remember the ELS are tough but they ain't invincible!"
"Yes sir!" Flay answered back. "Come Kira! Let's go!"
The Admiral then turns to the operators as the couple leave.
"Summon the elected governor!" The admiral ordered.
"You sure sir?" one of the operators asked.
"Did you see me shutter?!"
"No sir! Right away sir!"
Suddenly a digital female humanoid appeared in front of them.
"Have you decided ma'am?" The Admiral asked.
"For the first time in many years, the United Nations territory is under threat by a foriegn power, after several hours of decision making with rising tension, in our relations to the ELS threat. Their very own being attacked another dimension recently with local forces being most likely assimilated. It is this government decision and objective to see that the local territories of the said dimension are free from occupation and are returned back to the local administration, no matter the cost." The elected governor stated
"You heard the lady, commence operation bait and rescue!" the admiral of the fleet ordered
The bridge did not answer back with only silence filling the air, unable to comprehend the name of the operation being so direct. Flay on the other hand, laughed over the comms to her heart's content at the predicament of her fellow pilot who was piloting the gundam being the one to draw the enemies away from the area.
"I feel amazingly expendable." The gundam pilot said dreadingly as he broke the silence.
"Just go hehe…" Flay ordered as she tried to hold her laughter.
The gundam made haste and began gunning directly for the colonies. There the ELS detected it and began following with almost all its defenders leaving the area. The gundam began firing at them with every weapon it had and bringing more to their attention, leaving the area relatively lightly defended.
"Begin phase two of the operation!" The admiral ordered, "All dropships and rescue cruisers head for the colonies now!"
"Sir! Yes Sir!" The entire fleet shouted
The rescue team begins their mission. one by one, rescue cruisers made their docking at the colony ports in quick succession while the drop ships carrying elite commandos landed in the heart of the cities. While almost all the colonies were not badly infested, one city was. That city was the last transmission where the Clyne faction called out for help. Flay and her team made their way to that city while Kira was Flying just above them in his Perfect Strike gundam with an advisor dropship tailing him.
A voice came online over the comms "Lieutenant, I'm your advisor for this mission. I'll be your eyes in the sky and will relay you any info and update objectives to you."
"Copy that advisor, it's good to have you on board." Flay answered back
"Understood, your current objective is to locate the last transmission and rescue the Clyne faction." the advisor stated "afterwards you are to link up with team four and head back to the space port."
"Understood, find, locate and rescue." Flay answered back "Ready Kira?"
"Ready Flay." The boy replied. "Flay, be careful down there."
"Don't worry, lover boy." she answered "I'll be safe and I'll get your best friend out of here."
Flay turned towards her commandos.
"Welcome to the PLANT colonies gentlemen. I will not lie, the chances of local survival are small. Some may even turn against us as living corpses, but you have my word that I will use my training to ensure their bodies are given unto heaven. This is the greatest reward, more than even gold, for the fate of their soul is an eternal concern. Now come, follow me. Strike down the ELS that rises against us, allow me to find this Clyne faction. I ask not for my own selfish reason, but for the good of humanity!" Flay spoke and raise her fist
"OORAH!" The team of commandos shouted back
The team made their way to the source and found the place to be crawling with infected. Kira saw them being horrifyingly transformed with half of their bodies being crystallised.
"My god…" Kira muttered
"Sorry you have to see this Kira." Flay said "you what we must do to them."
Kira nodded.
"Commandos, ready?" Flay asked her team
"Ready!" they shouted
They aim their rifles and fire on the infected. The first volley got most of them as the bullets penetrated the hardened skin with ease. the ones that did not fall from the onslaught screams at the team in coherent and charges towards them. one of the commandos threw a grenade, instantly engulfing them in a fiery explosion while the rest took them down as the commandos held their ground. Kira was amazed by the skills of the team especially Flay who was firing away at them switching targets at a moment's notice.
"Clear!" shouted one of the commandos
"Advisor! We are moving into the building now!" Flay ordered "Kira, we are going in, make sure to keep an eye out for the swarm and blast them."
"Got it Flay." Kira acknowledged
"Understand, be advised. We are detecting multiple heat signatures inside the building. recommend to use close range weapons to avoid blue on blue." the advisor stated
"acknowledge." Flay answered "And Kira, link to my body cam, you will get to see what's going on inside."
The young man did so and instantly, the top right of his screen switched to a first person view on the ground where his lover was with her team.
"Can you see Kira?" she asked as she waved at the camera
"Yep, crystal clear Flay."
"Ouch Kira, bad pun." she stated
"sorry!" he answered after realising his mistake
Flay giggled at his mistake as she and her team made it deeper to the building.
"Alright Squad, lock and load!" Flay Shouted "Take offensive formation."
"Yes ma'am!" Her team shouted
The team slowly make their way through the abandoned building while following the distress signal. It was a horror movie with dead bodies littering everywhere as Kira watches through the camera. He started to feel sick as continues to watch the video feed and the only reason he didn't throw up was due to Flay covering the camera when they occasionally saw the dead that were littering around the area.
"Where's everyone?" A commando asked as he aimed his shotgun.
"Yea… come out, come out so i kill you all." Another said
Suddenly the signal was lost.
"Commando, keep scanning for the Signals. I don't want the VIPs to be in a body bag."
"Will do ma'am."
"Hang tight, princess. The calvary is on the way." Flay muttered under her breath
They continued on through the hallway and slowly made their way till they reached a door.
"Looks like the signal is through the door, ma'am." The commando stated
"Alright squad, forming up." Flay ordered "Commando, I need a big hole right here."
"Would you like a small crater or a big crater ma'am?" The commando asked as he took out the charges.
"Just get us inside without killing the squad, okay commando?"
"Understood ma'am." The commando acknowledged and got to work. "And here I thought this was a covert op."
As the commando was done he quickly took cover and blew the door down. The smoke dissipated and revealed the entire room was crystallised.
"What are these strange crystal things?" A commando asked as he continued aiming.
"Looks like some kind of birthing chamber gentlemen." Flay answered.
"Just when you think they can't get anymore disgusting." A commando commented
Suddenly, the crystals came to life and the dead were reanimated with crystals forming around their dead skin.
"Well what do you know, it is a birthing chamber."
The infected screamed at them and they lifted up their arms. A purple energy started coming out of their arms and fired. The first volley was inaccurate as they were firing wildly.
"Take cover!" Flay ordered as she took cover behind the wall. "They are the shooter variants!"
"Shooter what?" A commando asked.
"It's a variant, next time read the briefing!" Another answered back as he fires his weapon at the infected
"Commandos! I need one of you to draw their fire!" Flay ordered
The team all looked at the one commando who was bewildered at their action but quickly realised why.
"Oh sure! Use me to draw their fire. See if I care." The commando answered
"Just do it! We'll cover you!" Flay demanded as she continued firing.
The commando grumbled and ran out into the open. "I need a vacation!"
"Now's our chance! All units, fire!"
The team unleash a torrent of lead at the infected and instantly taken down by their overwhelming firepower.
"Heheheh…stupid infected." A commando smirked
"Enemy neutralised." Another added.
"Area-pacification complete." Flay stated
"Did I miss anything important?" The commando who ran out asked as he caught his breath.
"No but that infected looks like your mom." Another answered back as he pointed to the dead infected laying on the ground.
"Ma'am, it appears The area has an automated lockdown system." A commando pointed out
"Well... It doesn't work." She answered back.
"Ma'am, this is the advisor, I'm detecting multiple heat signals just below you." The advisor stated over the comms. "Be advised, Once you're inside, commence disabling manoeuvres."
"Disabling manoeuvres?" A commando asked
"Uh...blowing things up?" Another replied
"Oh...I knew that."
"Great... the building has another level."
"Cut the chatter you lot! I need a slicer on the elevator now!" Flay demanded as she pointed at the door
"Yes ma'am!" A commando replied and got to work on the door. "Watch the Master at work."
Once the elevator was opened and the doors closed, the team quickly reloaded and changed their equipment, only for them to discover they were not moving.
"Um, why aren't we moving?" One of the commandos said
"the button?" Flay Suggested
"Oh! Sorry, ma'am." the commando said and press the button
The elevator hums back to life and descends to the next level. The elevator reaches the destination and opens the door, revealing a horde of infected gathered around an area.
"All right squad, let's get in there and break some things!" Flay commanded
The team fired and advanced, bringing down the horde of infected at ease.
"I love my job." A commando commented. "Nothing like a good precision team work."
"And that was nothing like precision team work." Flay stated
"With all due respect, ma'am, that's because you're in my way."
The commando earned a playful slap in the head by Flay to which the team chuckled. The team continued onwards until they reached the signal last located, which was a room. They looked into it and saw the VIPs, still alive and well but with two variants that they have never seen before, gazing at them.
"Damn… they and this place, give me the creeps." A commando stated
"Everything gives you the creeps." Another retorted
"No, a little jungle hunt, hiding in the bush...makes me feel alive."
"Ok now you are giving me the creeps." Flay interrupted.
"Anyways, what do we do now ma'am?"
"Circle them and wait for my signal."
The team did so and silently moved into the room as they slowly took positions. As they waited, they watched the variants still standing in the middle, still staring at the VIPs, menacingly. Flay sighed and gave the signal to commence the attack.
The commandos unleashed their attacks in all directions at the enemies but to their surprise they stopped the bullets in mid air as if there was some kind of force field, preventing the bullets from connecting to their target. This was further proven as the bullets were dissipated in mid air as they were crushed as if it was nothing, shocking both the VIPS and the team.
"What. the. Hell…" A commando flabbergasted
"Damn it…" Flay muttered under her breath. "Distract them!"
"How?!" A commando shouted.
"Keep firing!" Another said as he continued firing.
Flay got out of cover and zip through her team as they were laying down suppressive fire onto the threat. The infected had none of that and used its hand and wave at them, the result was a knock back to her team. Flay continued onwards as she can still see their vitals, indicating they were still alive. She pushed onwards and kept blasting at them with everything she got. Till she reaches them in close range.
The infected turned around to face her as she was already near them. Flay jumped up to them and drew out her hard light saber at them. They immediately stopped her in mid air by using some kind of external force as she was stuck in place, unable to move. Flay pushes everything she got and manages to get her left hand to aim at the infected and fires her pistol which was able to do some damage to them. The other infected quickly added more pressure towards her, causing pain. The red hair started to struggle as her helmet's visor started to crack on the left side, revealing her eye as she was frantically looking for something to combat them.
A commando got back up and charged towards the infected. The commando fires his rifle at them, causing a surprise, it quickly turn towards the commando and slapped the rifle out of his hand but was too late to stop the charge as the commando brought his combat knife and plunged into the skull of the infected with both hands, causing the release of the force field. Flay takes the opportunity and stabs the infected with her saber and destroys its spin by pulling out with her bare hands, causing the battle to be over.
"You know, If it weren't for all the guys trying to kill us, this wouldn't be such a bad place." A commando commented as he got up.
Flay chuckled. "Thanks for the save commando."
"No problem ma'am, dying is just not a good time now."
"Flay?" A voice interrupted.
They turned and saw a pink haired woman, shivering and scared. She didn't speak, only nodded back at her.
The pink haired woman ran and gave her a hug.
"Thank You Thank You Thank You!" She cried with joy.
Flay returned the hug and smiled. "Your cavalry has arrived princess."
She looked on and saw Athrun was among the crowd of VIPs they saved, he nodded at her and she did so the same as the commandos made sure they were in good health and not infected. One of the commandos got to work and accessed the extra net to download the data while the rest were still checking. Once finished he nodded back at Flay with a thumbs up, indicating they could leave.
"Advisor, we have the VIPs and are heading out now." Flay said over the comms.
"Understood lieutenant, you need to head through what appears to be the market concourse in order to link up with team four." Advisor stated
"Oh! Maybe we can find a deal on a really big comb?" A commando said with enthusiasm.
"And this is my chance to pick up those bandoleers I've always wanted." Another added.
"You can shop after you're dead, commandos. Let's move." Flay said and rolled her eyes. "Get your butts on the line now! We got hostiles moving in from the market! So everyone, stack up!"
Flay turned and only saw one commando right behind her with the group of VIPs that needed to be escorted. She looked further at the back and saw the two other commandos were now talking about something else.
"So do you reckon that the rainbow sprinkles are the way forward with the Donuts?" The commando spoke casually.
"Absolutely! because then you get the different texture between the soft Donut -" The other tried to explain but was cut off by Flay who was getting irritated.
"Will you two get your butts over here right now!" Flay hissed at them.
"Did you lose something ma'am?" The commando asked.
"You dropped something ma'am?" The other added.
"This is supposed to be an escort mission!" Flay frustratingly explained.
"Why?" Both of them shrugged.
"Nevermind, I need you to breach the market." Flay ordered with her hand towards the market in a square motion.
"Oh! Oh! charades! I know this! It is on the tip of my tongue!" The commando excitedly said.
"Hang on, hang on, one sec oh no no it's" The other countered. "Gonna be uh it's a book no no-"
"Okay sign language one o' one! This means stay low!" Flay angrily spoke while pushing her hand flat.
"This means stack up!" She again, angrily explained while she raised her hand.
"And this means I'm gonna punch your lights out if you don't shut up!" Flay angrily exclaimed with her fist at the commando.
"No I'm pretty sure that that means one syllable"
"Just shut up!" Flay hissed at him then motions her hands once more into a door shape. "Breach the market!"
"Okay." The two commandos shrugged and walked casually.
One of them threw a grenade at the door and exploded while the other commando used his mingun and started firing at the infected without caring. Suddenly, the alarm of the market became active, causing a lot of the infected to swarm towards them.
"Should I still be stacking?" A commando asked as he tapped her shoulder.
Flay just face palmed her helmet and looked at the commando then the escorts. Her silence got interrupted when the two commandos radio in.
"Ma'am we're clear to go into the market concourse. We'll hold down the left flank and provide supporting fire." The commando spoke.
Enemy infected are seen about to drop down onto the group seemingly out of nowhere.
"Enemy air assault! Get ready! They're moving on both our flanks!" One of the commandos shouted.
"Aim your weapons and take those bastards out!" Flay ordered.
"Right flaaaank! They're moving in on the right flank!" Another shouted.
Flay moves fast and takes down some of the infected while the rest of her commandos and VIPs move up into the streets.
"Uh, Ma'am, possible ambush area up front. We'll uh move up when you've cleared the area ahead of us, over." A commando spoke.
"Roger! Watch for silhouettes on the rooftops!" Flay exclaimed. "Commandos, make sure the VIPs stand clear. We're gonna get some rounds into those buildings!"
As they move through the streets, A commando starts to pick out targets.
"Ma'am, two, three story buildings, eleven to one o'clock and eleven thirty, ground floor and second floor of the balcony!" A commando informed her.
"Target acquired!" Flay acknowledged. "Fire!"
Flay and a few commandos fire their weapons, taking out enemy targets. The team stands by for another target.
Flay and her team continue to pick and take out targets. The commandos suppress enough enemies infected in the streets while Flay has to move up in order for the mission to proceed.
"we're moving up, commandos." Flay ordered.
"Roger that!" They shouted simultaneously.
The team moves down the street while a few of the commandos clear building by building.
"Ma'am, the escort, are they clear to uh...uh clear to advance, over?" A commando asked who was with the group.
"Roger that! Move up and hold position at the bend, over!" Flay ordered.
"Roger, moving them now."
The VIPs move down the street. The team continues to clear the market.
"Ma'am, keep them pinned down from here. I'll head out back and flank them from the right." A commando suggested.
"They're pulling back, commando! Stay sharp - it could be a trap!" Flay shouted.
They move to a building. They come to an ambush.
"Open Fire! Pin them down!" Flay ordered.
Flay went in moving a dumpster for cover while her commandos took out the hostiles and they reached the end of the alley and kicked open a door.
"Breaching! Breaching!" A commando shouted.
As the team come up to a blown second floor, they see a mobile suit and more ELS infecteds coming up the street.
"Hold right here! Enemy Mobile suits and infects comin' up the road!" A commando shouted. "Ma'am behind the building, at your ten o' clock! Can you engage, over!"
"Roger that commando, I got them on thermal, switching to heavier weapons." Flay stated.
Flay comes up to the corner of a building hidden from the enemies and she points her weapon at the building, aiming at the group of enemies and is about to fire.
"Takin' the shot." She stated.
Flay fires through a steel door and wall, and hits the enemy mobile suit, which sparks causing an ammo cookoff as the energy pack blows up, and splits the ginn in half with the top flying into the air as the mobile suit explodes and is destroyed.
"Whoo! Yeah! WHOO! Yeah! Whoo-hoo! Holy SHIT, did you see that?! YEAH-HAHAHA! That's what I'm talkin' about, baby!" A commando cheered.
"Nice shootin' Ma'am. Lots of' secondaries. Now let's get the hell outta here." A commando spoke.
"Comin' through. Roger that commando. So...uh, hehehe...how far are we?" Flay asked.
Flay walks around the corner as the commandos move out.
"Ma'am, team four is moving to rendezvous near your location, what's your status, over?" The Advisor asked.
"Precious cargo is still intact and en route. We're almost at a Highway and should make visual contact shortly with team four." Flay explained.
The remaining part of the trip was uneventful as they made their way through the said area. Athrun covers Lacus' eyes as the carnage of their people was so horrific that even he was having trouble containing his urge to throw up. It was only then when they reached the end of the area that they sighed in relief.
"Advisor, be advised we are reaching to team four's location now coming out of the market concourse." Flay stated
"Copy that, Team four are awaiting your arrival." the advisor answered back "They have a bus with local survivors on board that needs to be escorted back to the cruiser."
"Roger that, advisor." Flay acknowledges "Alright squad, let's get in there and baby sit!"
"Yes ma'am!" Her team shouted
"Princess, once we make it there. Get you and the rest of your people on to the bus. We are leaving, got it?"
Lacus nodded.
The team and their VIPs made it to the location and found the bus and its escorts under attack.
"Squad, attack formation now!" Flay ordered
"Roger that!"
Flay started shooting her rifle at one infected and it went down easily. This caused the rest to pay attention to them and ran towards the group. The infected however, were no match for them as they easily were shot down by the immense fire power they have. She shot and shot, without stopping. Her team did the same as one of the commandos threw a grenade causing an explosion which wiped out a small group of them. Some of the infected began standing back up from that and charged at them. One commando went into close combat with them and melee them with his combat knife. The knife cut them like butter as the infected were no match for its sharpness despite having a hardened exterior. The commando dances around them as he avoids the touch from them at ease while Flay and the rest of the squad provide cover fire for him.
"Hey! How many kills have you got today psycho?" One of the commandos shouted
"More than you, wise guy." The other commando said as he finished of one of the infected with shot to the head
"Can you guys make sure to cover me without forgetting to do so?" the commando who was in close combat said as he dispatched one more infected with his knife
"You heard him commandos! Let's end this!" Flay ordered while still shooting her weapon
"You got it boss! Time to use a real weapon!" the commando stated and got out a minigun
The commando in close combat got out of the way to allow his teammate to shoot. The commando uses his minigun and unleashes a trail of death and lead in the general direction he was shooting, leaving no mercy for the poor infected as they were easily gunned down by the mighty weapon given by the R and D team. So afterwards the area was cleared of infection.
"Ammunition is exhausted!" the commando declared as he put back the weapon "And so am i…"
Flay chuckled, "Good work team."
"Damn it!" A commando sweared
"What is it?" Flay asked as she switched her view to the commando.
"I lost my kill count!"
Flay just rolled her eyes while her team laughed at his predicament while She approached the team who were defending the bus.
"You guys alright?"
"Yes ma'am! Team four awaiting your orders!" one of the commandos declared "Linking up to your HUD display now!"
"Good." Flay stated as she was looking at their vitals on her HUD display "you guys got room in the bus?"
"Yes ma'am! The VIPS can get on board!"
"Stellar!" Flay smirked and gave a mock bow to Lacus while pointing to the bus door "Your chariot awaits princess."
"Thanks Flay." the pink-haired woman said and got on the bus followed by her entourage of people.
"Ma'am this is the medical officer on the bus." a voice interrupted them, "We need to get to the rescue cruiser as soon as possible, I have injured survivors on board and I'm running out of morphine and blood packs."
"Got it officer, don't you worry we will get there." Flay assured
"Thanks ma'am, I'm not planning to do a triage anytime soon." the officer stated
"Alright commandos! You heard him! You know the drill! Let's get this bus out of here!" Flay commanded
"Yes ma'am!"
The team and the bus made their way along the narrow road until they reached the hangar which all the commandos grunted.
"Oh come on! ANOTHER hangar?" one of the commandos sighed.
"What can you say? These coordinators do like their hangars." Flay stated as she brought her shotgun to bear "Alright squad, defensive formation."
The team got into defence and surrounded the bus and slowly made their way into it, the place was littered with dead infected that were laying on the ground and cars that were blocking the road in a scatter pattern. The bus slowly made its way into the hangar but this caused anxiety among the survivors. Lacus and her entourage were trying their best to calm while the medical officer was doing everything he can with the injured but to no avail as the children began to cry. It was only until Flay knew what was going on and started singing. However , what she sang was to everyone's surprise as they didn't expect her to pick it.
"Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?" She sang
The rest of the team followed.
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E." They sang
"Hey there. Hi there. Ho there. You're as welcome as can be." She continued
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"Mickey Mouse!" She added and raised her fist
"Mickey Mouse!" the team squeak
"Mickey Mouse!"
"Mickey Mouse!" the team squeaked louder
The children stopped crying and began laughing and clapping while Lacus and her entourage followed suit.
"Forever let us hold our banner high." Flay continuingly singing as she aimed her shotgun and shot the infected that was coming their way.
"High. High. High." the team outside of the bus sang while following up with the shooting
"Come along and sing a song and join the jamboree." Flay sang as she swung her gun at the infected with her might.
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E." her team continued as they gunned down the infected with everything they got.
"Here we go a-marching and a-shouting merrily."
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"We play fair and we work hard and we're in harmony."
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"Mickey Mouse."
"Mickey Mouse." They squeaked
"Mickey Mouse."
"Mickey Mouse." The children squeaked
"Forever let us hold our banner high."
"High. High. High."
"Boys and girls from far and near you're as welcome as can be."
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?"
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"Who is marching coast to coast and far across the sea?"
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"Mickey Mouse."
"Mickey Mouse." they squeaked
"Mickey Mouse."
"Mickey Mouse." they squeaked
"Forever let us hold his banner high."
"High. High. High."
"Come along and sing a song and join the family."
"M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E."
"Wait. Wait! Hold! Hold!" Flay shouted as she stopped singing while giving the hand signal for the driver to stop.
"Lieutenant, why are we stopping?" the driver asked
"Road barriers raised." Flay answered as she went to inspect it "Seems to keep the local civilians from jamming the hangar bay."
"I found the control panels!" a commando shouted "I can lower them."
"Got it! Standby driver." Flay ordered "Lower it now commando."
"With pleasure ma'am!" the commando answered and lowered the lever.
The barrier started to lower but at a very slow pace while making a lot of sound in doing so.
"Does that thing have to make a lot of noise?!" A commando asked as he readied his weapon.
"That doesn't sound right." Flay commented as she too got ready with her rifle
"Looks jammed ma'am." The driver answered "There's a car rammed the barrier. It's lowering slowly but it's working."
"The sound is going to bring more infection!" another commando shouted
"Make yourselves ready commandos! They know we're here." Flay ordered "Set up defensive formation now! Use whatever cover you can find!"
Just then a horde of screams could be heard and the infected came rushing down towards them in a single direction at the entrance of the hangar.
"Here they come!" Flay shouted
"The way these infected are swarming, one might think we weren't welcome." A commando commented
"Cut the chatter and open fire!" Another commando ordered.
The team is able to fight off the swarm of infected as they keep coming while the barrier slowly drops down. Flay unleashes a torrent of lead in her way as she did not pause for anything while her team lay down suppressive fire for her. The infected kept coming relentlessly, ignoring the many bodies of their comrades.
"Commando! I need a grenade now!"
"Got it! One special fireball coming right up!" A commando replied and threw a grenade.
The grenade exploded and dispersed the infected as some of them blew apart.
"Wheeeee! Yea i love fireworks!" another commando commented
"I love that clunk-sound they make when they fall!"
"Not good enough! They are still coming!" Flay shouted as she fired her underbarrel grenade launcher.
"Why don't they just die?" A commando commented
"This wouldn't take so long if you could aim!" another shouted back
"Flay, this is Athrun! Do you have any explosives on you?" Athrun interrupted over the comms
"If you mean one that is big enough to block the entrance then no!" Flay answered as she got her pistol out and shot an infected that got too close to her.
"Do you have one that can at least topple a support beam?" Athrun asked again "There is one support beam that will drop down the hangar ceiling, it's the left side."
"I see it!" Flay answered while shooting. "Commando! I need a heavy, on that pillar now!"
"Got it! Cover me!"
The commando rushed forward while Flay got her pistols out and quickly shot the infected down. The commando reached the pillar and got to work as he got out his charges.
"Ok… was it the red, red, green? Or was it the green, green, red?" the commando muttered
"You're supposed to be our demolition expert and you're asking yourself which wire goes where?!" Flay exclaimed as she fires another round into an infected
"I don't work well under pressure ok?!"
"Hurry and pick one!" Flay shouted as she knifed an infected
The commando quickly set up the wires and finished it up.
"It's done!" the commando commented "Charges are ready for detonation on your order lieutenant."
"Take cover!" Flay shouted and ran out of there with the commando
Flay activated the charge and the explosive detonated, the hangar ceiling collapsed on the infected. The impact causes Flay to hit the ground.
"Wooohooo! Yea! enemy go boom!" A commando shouted as he raised his fist in the air.
"Do you have to make such a mess ma'am?" another commando asked as he pulled Flay up on her feet.
"Rule seventeen: Always make sure they're dead." Flay answered and clear the dust on her armour
"It looks dead to me."
"Well yes, It is now."
"Ma'am! The barrier is down! I'm driving through!" the driver told over the comms
"Alright commandos! We are leaving!"
"Ooorraaahh!" The team shouted and made a defensive line at the back of the bus.
"By the way, have you ever seen anything like that lieutenant?"
"Negative, that's why we need to move as fast as possible." Flay answered "To the rescue cruiser!"
The bus continued onwards as it navigated through the hangar until it got out and on to the clear road.
"Look's clear ma'am. We're heading to the checkpoint now." the driver stated.
"Understood, Advisor, we are reaching the checkpoint now and are on final approach." Flay said over the comms
"Roger that, but you better hurry. Scouts have reported that there's a massive horde approaching the cruiser." The advisor stated. " The cruiser won't wait for the bus as they can't risk the crew."
"Don't worry, we will make it and won't let them through."
"Understood, good luck ma'am."
"Driver! Don't stop the bus for anything! The VIPS must get to the boat!" Flay ordered
"Yes ma'am!'
"Flay, thank you for everything." Lacus said as she took over the comms "Do you best."
"Save it princess." Flay said "You can thank me later when we're out of here."
They soon arrive at a final checkpoint near the ship, where they are met by more commandos guarding the ship.
"Don't shoot! We're friendly!" Flay ordered
"Hurry! Come over here!" the commando guarding the ship shouted.
"Scouts have confirmed there's a swarm coming in, a big one. We're the only thing that's standing between them and the ship."
"Understood." Flay answered but noticed there were no civilians waiting. "Where's the rest of the civilians?"
"They're it!" the commando answered back as he pointed at the bus "Now help us get this place locked down so the bus can get on board!"
"Goddamn it!" Flay hissed "Driver stop for nothing! Go, we'll cover you, go!"
"Yes ma'am!"
"Wait, what about you Flay?!" Lacus asked over the comms as she took it from the driver
"Don't worry about me princess! We will be right behind you!"
"Bu-"
Flay off her radio instantly not wanting to hear her plead as she turns to her team who were getting into position.
"Commandos, we must hold the line till the bus gets on board!" Flay ordered "Not one step back!"
"Yes ma'am!" the team shouted
Suddenly the horde appeared coming from the right side from their location.
"Here they come!" A commando shouted in desperation.
"It's an honour serving with you guys." Another said
"Negative, hold that thought we're not dead yet." Flay commented.
"Yes ma'am."
The horde got closer to them till they were able to see their infected faces.
"FIre! Fire! Fireeeeyaaaa!" Flay shouted
The team of commandos unleashed a wall of lead on to the horde of infected as they came down on them. Instantly they dropped like flies.
"Hold the line commandos! The bus needs more time!" the advisor shouted over the comms
One of the commandos grabbed a grenade launcher and kept firing at the general direction that the horde was coming from while another got on the heavy machine gun and horse the horde down.
"They just keep on coming."
"There's just more meat for the grinder."
The team chuckled at the statement as they kept on fighting. It wasn't before long another wave was coming from the left side of their position where half of the team of commandos quickly counter the threat.
"Left side! Left side!" One of them shouted.
"Damn it!" Flay cursed "Advisor i need air support now!"
"Understood, Lieutenant. Mark your targets with your laser guided signal from your HUD display and we will provide it."
"Marking targets now!" Flay said as she points her laser at the targets
"Targets signals received heading towards the area." Advisor replied "Pilot, begin strafing run on targets from South to north and west to east on blue position, danger close over."
The Advisor dropship did so and unleashed hell onto the enemy from above with its mighty guns as they strafe from the south to north with their miniguns in a quick movement. The dropship then banked to the right and strafe from the west to east of Flay's position, much to her relief after the dropship wiped out most of the horde with only a few remaining infected left which her team quickly dispatched.
"Woohoo! Yeah! Enemies go boom!" A commando cheered
"Thanks for the assist advisor." Flay sighed and relieved "What's the situation for the bus?"
"I just got confirmation they just made it."
"Understood." Flay acknowledges "Alright commandos we are bugging out of here."
"Wait, hang on! " The advisor interrupted, ''I'm detecting something! I'm getting a read on something big headed this way."
"Hope it's not a Gundam." One of the commando said
A Gundam mobile suit landed right in front of them.
"Guess what? It's a Gundam." Another replied
"God Damn it…" Flay muttered "Take cover!"
The team scrambled for cover as the giant mobile suit began firing its weapons at them. It blew up debris and buildings as it tried to expose them, making no choice but for them to face it out of the open.
"We need heavy ordnance now!" Flay ordered
"Ordinance…? That's a bloody gundam!" A commando shouted
"I'm dropping a Payload includes an anti-armor attachment for your weapons Lieutenant, you're going to need it.." the advisor said over the comms
"YES! More explosives! You just made my day, Advisor!" Flay smiled
"I have also scanned the gundam. Its identification matches with Zaft's prototype research code name known as Freedom. It seems only its optical visor is unshielded and vulnerable."
"In other words, shoot the two big eyes!" Flay exclaimed happily as she equipped herself with the weapon.
"Got it! Alright chumps! Let's do this! Glory to mankind!" A commando shouted on top of his voice and charge right in front of the gundam
"God damn it!" Flay hissed as she rolled her eyes
"What do we do ma'am?" A commando asked.
"Stick to the plan commandos!" Flay ordered "And follow that commando!"
The team of commandos fires at the joints of the gundam causing massive malfunction while the dropship shoots its weapons off its hands successfully. The gundam then switches to its beam saber as it tries to swat the dropship out of the sky but wasn't able to as the drop ship flew higher, narrowly missing it. The commandos used this opportunity and kept firing at the visor blinding the gundam, causing the gundam to fall to the ground. Its face facing Flay directly with its broken visor. Flay took her pistol out and shot it directly in the eyes, finishing it causing a small explosion.
"You alright ma'am?" A commando asked as he ran towards her
"Yea but i dont think it's over yet." She answered while doing the infamous Ocelot gun spin.
Suddenly the cockpit hatch opens up and a figure jumps out of it. The team readied their weapons as they aimed at the unknown entity. Once the smoke cleared it revealed the pilot that looks like he had honks on his head and a face tattoo while his skin was in silver colour indicating he had completely changed to something other than being human anymore.
"I'll handle this." Flay commanded "You guys head to the boat."
"Yes ma'am!" The commando answered, "We'll take the long way."
The commando team ran towards the cruiser, leaving the red-haired woman and her opponent to duel each other. What surprised Flay was that the opponent drew a sword then it grew two sharp edges which surprised Flay to say the least as she had never seen anything like this before.
"That's… New…" Flay stated as she drew her own hard light saber to counter this new threat. "You need to learn I'm a lot scarier than you are."
Her opponent didn't say a word but rather it moved forward slowly towards her in an imitating fashion as if it was trying to scare her.
"Come on, you ugly freak show. Come and get me!"
It then charges at her with great speed, surprising her as she just blinked. She quickly parried the blow while it moved with its bottom blade to a thrust position. Flay saw this and quickly got out of the way and jumped back.
Both of them got back to their stance, bent their knees, dropping into a low squat while keeping the torso bolt upright, then stood up again and shuffled their feet into the proper stance—feet parallel, both pointed straight ahead, right foot in front of the left foot.
It then charges directly at Flay, hollering at the top of his lungs in some form of unknown language that she can't distinguish from. The movement actually consists of a very rapid shuffling motion of the feet, so that he stays balanced at all times.
At the last moment, It draws the sword up over its head and snaps it down toward Flay. Flay quickly brings her own saber up, rotating it around sideways so that the handle is up high, above and to the left of her face, and the blade slopes down and to the right, providing a roof above her. The blow from the thing bounces off this roof like rain, and then Flay sidesteps to let it go by and snaps the sword down toward its unprotected shoulder. But it was moving too fast, and Flay's timing was off. The blade cuts behind and to the side of it.
Both wheel back to face each other once more, back up, get back into the stance.
It makes another attack. This one is pretty straightforward, a quick shuffling approach and then a snapping cut in the direction of Hiro's ribcage. Flay parries it.
After a while, Flay knows something about this thing, namely, that most of the sword fighting it has done to attack her, all it seems to know is kendo which is a Japanese sword fighting technique.
Which is to a real samurai sword fighting what fencing is to real swashbuckling, an attempt to make a mockery out of what it takes a highly disorganised, chaotic, violent, and brutal conflict and turn it into a cute game. As in fencing, one is only supposed to attack certain parts of the body—the parts that are protected by armour. As in fencing, one is not allowed to kick the opponent in the kneecaps or break a chair over one's head. And the judging is totally subjective. In kendo, one can get a good solid hit on the opponent and still not get credit for it, because the judges could feel one didn't possess the right amount of technique.
Flay doesn't have any of that at all. All she just wants is this to be over with. The next attack, the thing sets up its ear-splitting screech and shuffles toward Flay, cutting and snapping its blades, Flay parries the attack once more, turns around, and cuts both of its legs off just above the waist.
The infected being collapses to the floor.
It takes a lot of practice to make one move through the world like a real sword person with knowledge. But when a person has just lost its legs, all that skill goes out the window.
"Well, looks like you got beaten by a Natural!" Flay says. "Look here!" She whips her blade sideways, cutting off both of the infected being's forearms, causing the sword to clatter onto the floor.
"Better pray to whatever god you believe in, monster. For I will not do it for you!" Flay continues, whipping the sword around sideways, cutting the infected being's body in half just above the navel. Then she leaned down so she was looking right into the ugly creature's face.
"Didn't anyone tell you," she says, "I'm the one they send to kill the fucking Boogeyman."
Then she hacks the creature's head off. It falls to the hard ground, does a half-roll, and comes to rest staring straight up at the artificial sky.
"Variant neutralised." Flay announced while trying to catch her breath "Heading back to the boat advisor, how copy?"
"Copy that, see you back on the boat." The advisor replied over the comms
Suddenly as she was about to leave the area, a group of infected came to view. Flay sighed and got ready to run again this time as she was too tired to fight head on but stopped when she saw what was leading the infected. It was a massive skeleton creature with a skull for a head that she had not seen before like the one she recently killed but this time it does not resemble a mockery of a human being but rather something else.
"Nevermind, looks like I'll be late, advisor." Flay stated over the comms. "Take off without me and get Kira to pick me up, over."
"Understood."
"Hello there." Flay said as she stands in an imposing stance at the creature
"Flay Allster." The skull like creature replied back
"You talk?" She asked as she readied herself with her pistol aiming at it while her saber drawn out
"Why of course, I have assimilated hundreds of your kind." The skull variant answered "And I must say you are a bold one."
The creature raised its hand and directed the infected in a motion pointing towards her.
"Kill her." it ordered
The infecteds roared and charged towards her. A standard tactic she thought and quickly dispatched them with her pistol at ease as the bullets had gone through their crystallised skin as if it was nothing.
"Back away." The creature ordered the rest of the infected to stop as it got frustrated by the lack of progress from the attack. "I will deal with this human slime, myself."
"Your move." Flay said as she got into a defensive stance with her saber.
"You fool." It speaks and draws its own blades but what surprised the red haired woman was it showed off it got four arms with four blades drawn. "I have learnt your so-called military arts by hundreds of your kind."
"Attack Allster." It mocked
Flay wasn't sure how to attack it as it started walking towards her. She fires her pistol at it but it shrugs off the rounds as it uses its blades as a shield from the attack. The monstrous creature then started turning its blades in a whirlwind fashion all four of them and approached her. As the blades hit the ground causing sparks to fly off, she backs away from the creature slowly towards the boat as she really does not want to fight this thing that is coming towards her. The creature was relentless as it saw her movements and charged at her with all four blades striking down upon the smaller opponent with great strength. Fortunately , Flay dodge rolled out of trouble and quickly sliced off one of the creature's arms, causing amounts of pain to it.
The creature retaliates at her and strikes her again but misses its target as she dances out of there and brings her own blade down on one of its arms, severing it off of the creature. The infecteds saw this and began to charge at her but was obliterated when a green beam shot them off in one go, killing the group of infected while only leaving the monstrous creature and Flay to duel. Flay looked up and saw her saviour, the Perfect Strike.
"Kira!" Flay shouted with delight.
"Flay! I got here as fast as I could." Kira replied over the comms
She nodded and smiled at him then turned towards the creature as it got back up.
"Gundam or not…" It spoke in a threatening tone "You must realise you are doomed."
Suddenly the entire colony started to shake while the artificial sky started to collapse all around them with the crystals starting to form in replace of it. The phase of the infection has begun to change. Flay quickly charges at the creature as Kira watches the duel that was happening all the while trying to protect her from falling debris.
"I dont think so." She hissed as she pushed the saber with all her might at the creature as it blocked with its two remaining blades.
The creature roars intensely and Kicks Flay hard in the stomach, causing her to stumble back a bit. The creature took this opportunity and slash the red haired woman in an attempt to end her life. She quickly regained focus and dodge out of the way but couldn't do so in time and the creature made contact with her helmet and cut it.
"Arrghhh!" Flay screamed in pain and took off her helmet to prevent any contamination from the creature's blade.
However as she took off she just realised she couldn't see from her left eye. She touched her face as she felt something wet, she looked at her hand and her heart stopped, it was blood and the cut was deep. Her whole world came crashing down right infront of her.
She screams at the top of her lungs once more and kicks the shin of the creature but it did nothing only to hurt her in the process.
"Arrghhh!" Flay screamed again in pain from her blunder.
The creature laughed and picked her up by the throat. Kira watches in horror as he couldn't do anything to help her as he would kill her if he did. Fortunately for him, Flay uses all her strength and tears right open the chest of the creature revealing the soft spot where it is vulnerable. It realised what she was doing and threw her to the side. This gave the opportunity for Flay as she quickly got out her pistol once more and shot directly at its chest.
The creature screams in agony and flames start shooting out, Flay shoots it again and again until the creature is no more but a husk.
"So uncivilised" she commented as she got up.
The ground started to give way and it slowly collapsed right in front of her. She quickly ran, not caring the carnage she left behind as she raced towards the cruiser but couldn't, the ground was also breaking apart.
"Flay!" Kira shouted as he extended the strikes hand for her to jump all the while the strike was hovering on the side of the road
"Kira!" Flay shouted back and nodded as she continue running
The ground finally gave way and the red hair jumped towards the Strike's hand at the last moment. She landed safely on it and the Strike flew off towards the cruiser. Kira opened the hatch and grabbed her inside, causing the two to embrace each other.
"Flay…" Kira whispered
"Thanks for the rescue, handsome." She whispered back
He broke off and looked at her but his heart dropped as he quickly saw her injuries. He wanted to do something about it but as if Flay knew this, she quickly held his arms and stopped him from doing anything.
"Don't… Kira, it might be infected." Flay smiled sadly as she held him tighter
"But…"
"Don't worry… I'm… I'm sure the docs can fix me up." Flay answered hesitantly while looking away from him "Let's just get back to the boat alright?"
Kira nodded at the request and flew towards the cruiser. They landed safely in the hangar as the bay door closed. None of them said a word with only the radio chatter coming from the comms of the cruiser.
"For a rock, you guys flew pretty good." The pilot commented over the comms, earning a few chuckles
"Get your partner and yourself seated lieutenant." The advisor ordered "We are leaving."
"Understood."
The advisor then turned towards the cockpit view as the colony was collapsing all around them.
"Pilot, lets get the hell out of dodge!" the Advisor ordered
"Don't have to tell me twice!"
The rescue cruiser took off and headed towards the exit. It flew out while dodging debris from the colony as it continued to collapse on them.
"Could you turn on some music?" The co-pilot asked
"You do realise we are flying in a life or death situation right?" the pilot stated
"Why not? Helps calm the nerves."
"Here, how about this one?" The pilot suggested and turned the music player on.
The music played and to the crew's shock, it was 'what is love' by Haddaway. The pilot instantly sped up the cruiser as he started jamming to the music.
"Oh yeah! This is my jam!" The pilot announced over the comms much to everyone surprise
The pilot, co-pilot and Advisor started shaking their heads to the music while for some unknown reason the pilot skills became much better with every beat he heard.
The cruiser navigates almost impossible corners as if it was nothing for its size while still able to dodge the falling debris. The ship moves on towards its destination passing corridor after corridor. The ship eventually made it to the bay area where there were multiple Zaft ships being held. The ship blasted its way in order to avoid them from taking off while continuing onwards. As the music was hitting the main chorus the pilot sped up the ship even faster, causing the crew and its refugees to stumble in their seats this is of course oblivious to the pilots as they were so into the music much to the dismay of the passengers.
"Do a barrel roll!" The Advisor commanded as there were incoming debris in the way
The pilot did so, causing everyone to tumble everywhere in the ship with the majority of the equipment that is not locked down.
"Spin this ship damn it!" the Co-pilot this time demanded
The pilot did so again as they narrowly avoided another debris floating in front of them.
"Holy shit! The walls! They are closing us in!" The Advisor pointed out
"Stay on target!" The pilot commanded
Just then the ship manages to get out into open space and out of the colony. They cheered as they managed to escape the death trap.
"Lieutenant, I'm happy to report we made it back to open space."
"Great… Thanks, I almost lost my lunch by the way." Flay stated as she was being held by Kira "What the hell was going on out there?"
"You don't want to know." The Advisor answered "Are you going to be alright ma'am?"
"Yea, doc said I'm not infected for some reason despite being touched by them." She answered while patting Kira's head "Just lost my left eye though and almost gave me and my significant other a heart attack. Other than that, I'm ready for another round."
"Understood ma'am." The Advisor acknowledged. "There's a cabin for you to rest."
"Got it, I'll use it later after I meet the princess."
"Princess?"
Flay switches off her radio before her advisor could question any further and focuses on the doctor in front of her as he was checking her blood sample one more time with Kira by her side, not willing to let go of her.
"Test results came back again and the good news is that you are not infected, again." The doctor stated with deadpanned eyes.
"Are you sure? Did you make sure?" Flay asked
"Yes lieutenant, I checked three times already." The doctor answered while rolling his eyes, "There's no ELS in your blood, you won't turn into one of them."
Flay sighed in relief "I guess I could relax a bit huh, Kira?"
The young man didn't say anything as he was hugging Flay still, daydreaming and ignoring everything around them.
The doctor coughed, "Right, in any case you better rest a bit before you do anything else. I'm afraid I couldn't save your left eye. So you better get used to it. You may find it difficult to adjust your vision given the fact you don't have peripheral vision."
"I… I understand doc… thanks for the help." Flay said and smiled
"Now if you excuse me, I'll be attending the locals. See how they are getting along and all that."
The Doctor left, leaving the couple alone in the medical room. It feels rather familiar given they were stuck in the same situation before only this time they were on the United Nation rescue cruiser and not on the Archangel.
Flay gently squeezed Kira's hand as she loved the attention she was receiving from him.
"Kira… you can let go of me now…" Flay requested but didn't push him.
"I'm so sorry, Flay." Kira answered but still not letting go.
"Why are you saying sorry?"
"It's because of me you almost died." Kira answered as he buried his head on her shoulder "If i didn't ask you to save them, you would not probably be here with me."
"Ah but that didn't happen and I am still alive, handsome." Flay smirked
Kira shook his head. "But you got hurt because of me…"
"No, I got injured because I was careless…" Flay corrected him.
"Flay, will you stop taking the blame!" Kira raised his voice, shocking the red haired.
The shock quickly wore off as Flay began to smile, though she didn't show it to her significant other.
"So… this is how it feels to be on the receiving end huh?" Flay stated as tears were coming out from the good eye. "God, I wish I could just smack myself for treating you like that."
"What do you mean, Flay?"
"It's not you, it's me." Flay answered "I mean seriously, I never mentioned we actually broke up, did I?"
"We did?" Kira asked as he lifted up his head.
"Yup, except the role is reversed." Flay answered "You're the one who's doing the shouting instead of me."
"I did not shout…" He muttered.
Flay chuckled and flicked his nose playfully "I know you didn't. you're too good to me, handsome and I thank you for that."
"So we broke up because you shouted?" Kira query with his eyebrow raised "I feel i should be the one to feel bad."
Flay laughed "It's not a one off thing lover boy, if I remember correctly, which mind you, it's been so long, my memory is a bit fuzzy on the exact details but imagine being pushed to the limit every time and when you come back you are only greeted by anger. How would you feel? I don't blame you for breaking up with me. I blame myself for not expressing myself properly."
"Well, do you now?"
"Yes, my sweet." Flay answered and finally turned to him, revealing the dried up tears on her cheeks and her bandaged eye to him. "I finally got my second chance, I never let go of it. Everyday, every hour, every minute, every second, I told you I love you and I will protect you from now and ever."
Kira smiled and wiped her cheeks with his hand which the red haired returned the act in kind by holding his hand gently and guiding him slowly to her lips. She kissed his hand and then she moved to his cheeks, then to his forehead, then to his other side, as if she was drawing a road map on him with her lips, only to finally reach to his soft lips. They stayed like that for a while, not caring what was going around them as they were so absorbed in their own little world they have created for each other, it was only when Flay broke off she smiled back at him.
"And I won't stop doing so, no matter what happens to me." Flay declared with a smile. "And losing my left eye proves it."
Kira pulled her into a hug once more and buried into her chest. The older woman sighed and patted his head gently, soothing the young man.
"Damn you Flay…" Kira muttered under his breath which Flay could barely hear.
"Yes… Damn me…" Flay copied his words but continued to smile at him as she continued patting him.
Suddenly, they were interrupted by the sound of the door being opened as it let out a soft hiss sound. The first to enter was a familiar pink ball as it bounced up and down towards Flay.
"HARO! HARO!" the little robotic ball said
"Oh hey little fella… What are you doing here?" Flay asked and started rubbing the little ball as it landed down beside her. "Where's your owner?"
"Right here." A voice claimed as she walked in, revealing to be the natural pink haired woman herself
"Ah, so the pink princess has grace her presence unto me." Flay said in a nonchalant way. "What did this lonely soldier do to bequeath unto me her majesty will?"
Lacus giggled with her hand raise to cover her mouth. "Oh stop it you, would it be so hard as to believe I just want to come by and say my thanks to the person who saved me?"
"Yes, yes actually." Flay answered while still patting Kira and rubbing the little ball. "After all, it was not just me who rescued you, my commandos and the whole crew of this ship did. You should thank them."
"I did, every single one of them." Lacus flatly stated proudly.
"Damn this perfect woman…" Flay muttered under her breath
"Kira, Would you mind leaving the room for a while?" Lacus asked, "I would like to talk to her in private."
Kira looked up to the pink haired woman and then to Flay who was also quite curious as to what she wanted to talk about.
"What's so important that you want to talk to me in private that Kira can't be here?"
"Oh, just some girl chatting, that's all." She answered
Flay got the hint.
"Kira, could you be a sweetheart and go out of the room for a while?" Flay kindly asked
"You sure Flay?" Kira asked back with hesitation
Lacus giggled once more, "Don't worry i won't do anything to her, you can catch up with Athrun if you want. He's just outside of the room. He's worried about you. You should go and talk to him. Ease his mind a bit."
Kira looked back at Flay who nodded at him to do so. The young man didn't argue back and left the room leaving only the two women to do their thing.
There was a cold tension in the room. None was welcoming as the two were locked in a gazing competition, not willing to blink at one another with only the sound of the little robot humming in idle mode.
"So… How are you feeling?" Lacus asked, being the first one to break the silence.
Flay snorted "I'll live, it takes more than losing a left eye to bring me down."
"But does it hurt?" She asked sincerely.
"Does it make a difference if I said yes?" Flay asked with a query look.
The pink haired woman nodded. "You have been holding the pain in front of him."
"So? He doesn't have to worry unnecessarily. After all, the pain will go away." She answered back "Just wish the morphine didn't kick off so soon when he was still here."
Lacus giggled with her hand covering her mouth like a true aristocrat. "Would you mind if I get some for you?"
Flay nodded. "Thanks princess. The stuff should be on the top shelf next to the other medicines under the name 'MSIR'."
Lacus searched for the item and quickly found it. It was a pad with the label that Flay was referring to.
"Found it!" She excitedly announced and opened the package.
"Thanks princess, now give it to me."
"Here let me help you apply it." Lacus said as her hand neared Flay's injury.
Flay quickly slaps her hand out of the way, shocking the pink haired woman. "Don't touch me!"
"Ah, sorry…" Lacus apologises and gives her the pad instead.
Flay quickly grabbed the morphine and applied it on by herself. She lets out a grunt sound due to the pain but after a while the pain subsided, indicating the drug is working its magic.
"Damn, that feels better." Flay stated as she threw the pad into the trash bin. "And… erm… sorry… for the outburst."
"It's… alright." Lacus replied back. "Do you hate coordinators?"
Flay blinked at the statement she asked. "Really? You're asking that now? Even knowing my partner is one? This is not some kind of trick question is it?"
"Just wondering, that's all."
"I'll put my answer on no princess." Flay answered.
"Then do you hate me?" Lacus asked while smiling.
"Yes." Flay flatly stated "Yes, I hate you. I hate you to the very core of my soul."
Lacus smiled back at the statement but with no hate behind it. "Oh? May I know why?"
"Because you're perfect and I hate you for that." Flay answered "It took me my whole entire life to get where I am today with six years to get a wake up call from reality while you, princess, was born to be perfect, everything you do is perfect and I hate you for it."
"Oh is that why you call me princess? Or is it because you're afraid I'll take him away from you that you hate me for it?"
Flay was stunned. How did she know about that? She looked at her once more, only to be greeted by that perfect smile of hers. She hates it everytime she looks at her, knowing that Flay herself could never match up despite the difference in age.
"How?" Flay asked
"Athrun told me." Lacus answered back.
"Oh."
"I don't know much about you, aside from the time you use me to try to protect your father."
"Princess, please don't remind me of the past." Flay orders as she rubs her forehead. "I know I shouldn't have done that if that's what you were wondering."
Lacus giggled "No, I'm alright with it. I would have done the same if it were me."
"So, what are you getting at then?"
"I'm just saying that you may hate me but I don't hate you and you shouldn't be worried about me taking him from you." Lacus answered "And I'm not that person from your time."
"Apologies, princess but I'm still not seeing where this is going." Flay flatly stated.
"What I'm saying is I would like to be friends with you." Lacus answered "At least acquaintances if you still feel uncomfortable."
Flay didn't know how to act as Lacus raised her arm, ready for a handshake from her. The red haired responded by slowly pushing her hand down.
"Too soon princess." Flay said as she rejected the handshake. "Not after what my younger self did to you back on the Archangel."
"Oh, then how do you want to start or you don't want to start at all?" Lacus asked
"We could start by getting something to drink." Flay suggested as she got up from the medical bed "The United Nation do have some nice cocoa."
Lacus smiled and walked out the door with Flay "That sounds lovely."
"Just make sure Andrew and his partner stays away from the coffee, I swear that is just dirt." Flay stated
Both laughed as the two walked down the hallway with Haro under Flay's arms.
Meanwhile, back at the main fleet, the admiral waited for the all clear signal from all of the rescue cruisers coming back from their operation bait and rescue.
"Admiral, the last of the rescue ship has been reported to make it out safely." One of the operators stated.
"It is time then." The Admiral grumbled
"It's never easy huh?"
"Well someone has to do it." The Admiral flatly said. "I'm sure there's a place in hell reserved just for me."
The operators chuckled. "Don't forget to invite us alright sir?"
The Admiral smiled as he looked at the colonies being slowly transformed by the ELS.
"Are the nukes primed and ready?"
"Yes Admiral, green light across the board." The operator answered, "Just waiting on your order sir."
The Admiral sighed and watched the holographic screen as he stood proudly in the centre of the bridge of one of the finest ship carriers that the United Nations have ever built.
"It is time." The Admiral said as he cleared his throat. "It is now time to perform our charge. In fealty to the United Nations, our people, and by the grace of our humanity, I declare Exterminatus upon the PLANTS Colonies on the timeline C.E. I hereby sign the death warrant of entire colonies that is worth an entire planet, and consign about a hundred million souls to oblivion. May the United Nations hammer of Justice account in all balance. Glory to mankind."
And with that, the Admiral ordered the nukes to be fired and did so.
"Do you think we made the right decision?" One the operator asked.
"It is human nature to seek culpability in a time of tragedy, operator." The Admiral answered back. "After all, it is a sign of strength. To cry out against fate, rather than to bow one's head and succumb. Inevitably, many shall fault the hands upon the sword which failed by this act. The exterminatus. But we merely perform the duty of our office. To further fear us is redundant, to hate us. Heretical. After all, those more sensible will place the responsibility with those who forced the hands on us. And if with some fortune, one may foster their hatred into purpose, and further rule their own fate by coming to one's self service. But yet, ultimately, it was I who set these events into motion, with a single order from my rank."
As the Admiral speech ends, the nukes make contact with the ELS and explode. What the crew of the fleet didn't realise was that due to the N jammers it made the nukes nulled which in turn caused the explosion to be smaller than expected. Once their vision is cleared by the small explosions, the entire fleet starts to panic as the ELS that is needed to be destroyed remains standing and bigger than before as the ELS begins to merge with each other.
"Erm… What just happened?" The Admiral of the Fleet asked, breaking character.
"What isn't sir, is our nuke is not nukes anymore." One of the operator stated
"I can see that!"
"Do we have a plan B?" Asked one of the rear Admirals of the fleet.
"Plan B?! We need a plan C, D, E,F… We need more Alphabets!" Another exclaimed over the comms
The Admiral of the Fleet sat down and started massaging his head.
"Well, so much for that speech I just made…" He muttered as he slowly sank into his chair. "How long do we have until the ELS turns to phase three?"
"The eggheads are cracking now sir." One of the operator answered as he quickly typed in the computer
"What's the sitrep on the rescue teams?"
"All are coming back to the docking bay as we speak sir." another operator replied. "Reports are coming in, there are no casualties among the teams but there are unsettling reports on the infecteds they have encountered."
"And they are?"
"They are evolving, sir." The operator replied "And according to Flay's team, their report stated they were able to communicate and fought them in hand to hand combat."
"This day just gets better and better." The Admiral sarcastically said "And the local survivors? How many made it out with the rescue teams?"
"Numbers are not looking good." The operator answered "Given the team's answers from across the board, we are looking at around only a thousand at the bare minimum and the numbers will drop for those who are about to expire."
The Admiral slammed his fist on to his chair's handle.
"Goddamn it! Get me Lieutenant Allster now!" He ordered "We need those damn VIPs now and I needed them yesterday! We need to know how the hell this got out of hand and how come our nukes didn't work!"
"Right away sir!"
Flay was resting her head on Kira's shoulder while he was cuddling her on the side of the seat with Athrun and Lacus being huddled together on the opposite end while drinking hot cocoa taken from the mess hall while they were staying in the living quarter area of the cruiser.
As they were resting, a commando came in.
"Lieutenant, The admiral of the fleet requests to talk to you." The commando stated.
"Can it wait? I'm still recovering from my injury." Flay explained as she continued cuddling Kira.
"I'm afraid not ma'am." The commando flatly stated and put the data pad on the table.
The datapad came to life, revealing a very distressed middle aged man who looks like he had a lack of sleep.
"Admiral." Flay answered with a nod.
"Lieutenant." The Admiral nodded back. "I see that you are at ease."
"Forgive me Admiral, for not saluting but as you can see I'm in no position to do so."
"Rest as much as you can Lieutenant, you're going to need it." The Admiral said as he rubbed his forehead. "All hands on deck for this one."
"Understood sir."
"I'll personally bring you up to speed on the situation we are currently in." The Admiral stated "A few moments ago, the ELS have begun to change and as you know what happens when they do. We have to perform exterminatus."
"Flay, what's that?" Kira asked
"We nuke the place." Flay answered
"What?!" Athrun exclaimed. "You fired nukes at our colonies!"
"Yes." The Admiral answered back. "Hate me all you want but now is not the time, as I mentioned, once we fired, the nukes became nullified."
"It's because of the N jammers sir." Flay explained. "It suppresses nuclear fission. That's the reason why it didn't work."
The Admiral screamed in frustration.
"Oh that's just brilliant!" The Admiral flipped. "As if the locals didn't make our job any harder, they come up with this kind of bullshit. I swear faith is tearing me a new butt hole!"
"What are we going to do now, sir?" Flay asked with a query look.
"Unless we can come up with a giant death ray from my arse, the only thing we can do now is to pray to whatever god you people believe in." The Admiral answered. "And pray harder, cause it ain't working."
"He's not joking, is he Flay?" Kira said with a worried look.
"If I am, kid, I would be the number one clown in every dimension and timeline." The Admiral answered back. "We are looking at a XK-Class end of the world scenario here and it's all because of these N jammers that made our jobs a lot more difficult."
"What happened to us then…" Lacus muttered.
"Everyone in this timeline will die." The Admiral stated. "The elected governors have issued a planetary wide evacuation as we speak and the shuttles are carrying out the local populaces now."
"How long do we have?" Flay asks as she grips Kira's hand for support.
"Given our past records which mind you Lieutenant is not flawless, the eggheads have estimated about fourteen days till the ELS becomes phase three or more."
"How long till earth is fully evacuated?" Athrun asked this time.
"We need at least twenty one days and that is a best case scenario." The Admiral answered. "But by that time, the timeline will mostly reset itself."
"Reset?" Lacus asked
"Do they not know, Lieutenant?"
Flay shook her head. "Only Kira and the Archangel crew sir."
"I see, in any case it is better for them to know less at the moment. In the meantime do you have anything that can help explain how an entire population got infected without anyone realising?"
"One of my commandos has the recorded data sir." Flay answered "It was downloaded from their internal extranet."
"Good, I hope this recorder gives us a clue of how these stupid ELS took over an entire population or I'm gonna lose all my hair because of this." The Admiral said. "Admiral out."
Flay turned off the datapad and sighed. "I need a vacation after this."
The rest of the trip was silent with only the occasional chatter between the crew and the commandos could be heard down the hallway from their cabin. None of them wanted to speak of what was told as they didn't have the energy to speak of it with the only conclusion was to rest first and leave it for their future self to deal with it.
The rescue cruiser docked and everyone got off. The event was uneventful to say the least with only Athrun managed to get back to his team as they were waiting for him. Flay and Kira in the meantime made their way to the private quarter that they were assigned to. They didn't bother greeting their friends, they didn't bother when the medical officers requested Flay to head to the medical bay to rest, they didn't bother with the people thanking them. All it matters to them is to head for the room.
Once they reach it, they close the door and lock it shut with the sign emitting 'do not disturb'. A welcoming sight for them, much to their relief as they now have the whole world to themselves.
"Kira… Would you like to shower first?" Flay asked the young boy.
He nodded. "Yea… that would be nice."
Flay slowly approaches him and as she walks, Kira couldn't help but admire her as her beauty was unparalleled to anyone in his eyes, not even to Lacus herself which everyone said she was perfect. Flay wrapped her arms around his neck and gave a quick peck on his lips then let go of him as her hands began to work. She proceeded to kiss his neck and gave a nip, causing the young man to let out a soft moan indicating she hit the right spot.
Flay continues and slowly unzips his suit all the while she continues kissing him. He tried to do the same to her but was quickly stopped as she let out a giggle.
"Sorry, wait. I'll take it off myself." Flay said and proceeded to do so. "Mines a lot harder. So sit down first, handsome."
Kira did as he was told and watched her. He wasn't sure if she said it unintentionally or with purpose as the more he watches her undress, the more he feels the heat of his body rises from the act of her taking off the heavy armour suit she was wearing. The very suit that protects her from harm, now dropped on the ground like any other clothes, revealing Flay's voluptuous body to him. No matter how many times he had seen her with nothing on her, he couldn't help but tell himself how lucky he was.
"Like what you see, lover boy?" Flay asked seductively as she bit her lips.
Kira slowly nodded as all his brain could think of with his mind going blank.
The red hair continued as she grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him into a deep kiss. She lets go and lifts it up. Kira helped himself and took it off for her, revealing his bare body. She continues to help him take off the remaining clothes left on his body. Now, both have nothing to hide between them. Flay seductively smiled at the sight she was seeing and pulled his arm towards the bathroom.
The hot running water came down onto their bodies as it rinsed the dirt off of them. They stick to each other with arms wrapping around both of them. Not wanting to let go. Kira, despite being the same height as her, lowers his head and rests on her shoulder while she rubs his back.
Neither of them wanted to say a word but both knew what they were thinking, it was heaven. They did their small little dance in there as they were circling around while the water continued to rain down on them softly.
There were the occasional giggles and laughter of joy between them as they were clumsy between their actions but they cared not of that as it was their life and it was theirs to enjoy it. No one is perfect at the beginning, it is for them to make it so.
Their arms were still locked with each other until Kira lifted his head up and stared into Flay's eye. He noticed one thing, it was sparkling, her eye was now filled with the innocence he remembered just as her younger self had.
Flay on the other hand, took notice of his gaze differently and looked away.
"Sorry, you had to look at my injury." Flay said as she covered her bandaged left eye. "I know I'm not beautiful anymore even if I tried my best."
Kira continues to stare at her, not hearing a word she was saying.
"I know that I'm not a perfect person and I can be wrong. I see that but… Kira?" Flay looked back at him. "Kira… Kira, stop being stoic, Kira. go on, shout, scream, say something."
Kira shook his head with a smile and broke off as he let go of her while he continued to grin stupidly. "You are still as beautiful as the day I met you."
Kira lifted her head as he proceeded to dive into her sweet lips and gave a passionate kiss which the red haired woman returned in kind. They danced again once more as the water plays its symphony all around them as it drops gently on to their skin. They break off and stare at each other, only to start again with Flay taking the lead for her counter attack, not letting her be bested by him. The tongue wrestled as if it was a match between them, not wanting to lose to the other.
They continue onwards with Kira trying his best as he wraps his arms around her waist, followed by switching positions in order to gain the advantage of her in this hopeless romantic endeavour. Not wanting to be beaten by someone younger than her, Flay took control of the situation and broke off the kiss they shared as she went and attacked his weak spot by hitting his neck with fury through an avalanche of kisses. Kira lets out several moans, unable to withstand Flay's advances. He tries to maintain control but fails to do so as he grabs her head and pushes harder against him, signalling the older woman to push on even harder. With each attack, he moans even louder than the last. He can't stop doing so as every nerve, every touch, every senses, every action Flay does now could only spell danger.
He was losing and she was winning, but all of a sudden, she stopped. He wondered why, he was so close yet so far from the climax of his adventure and yet she halted her attack. The only answer he got was her shiny grey eye full of life once more and brighter than ever. She stares back, full of hunger for him. Lusting, desire, wanting, longed for him. He was the prey and she was the predator, Kira quiver in fear as she licks her lips once more, only for her to smile with a devil grin. He wanted to back away from her but couldn't as his brain wasn't working, his heart wasn't slowing down, his guts was telling him to move forward instead of backwards, all pointing in the same direction. Flay gently pulled him in and kissed his cheek, he could hear her breathing heavily, tired? Exhausted? No, he thought it couldn't be. His answer came when she leaned in.
"Carry me, my saviour." She whispered.
Kira did as he was told and obeyed her command. He lifted her up in a bridal style gently, not wanting to hurt her as he was afraid of dropping her. Flay devilishly smiled at her new plaything and kissed his cheek once more as a reward for his effort. She leans in again all the while she wraps her elegant arms around his neck for added support.
"To the bed my love." She commanded
Kira did as he was told again and walked slowly towards the destination she demanded. With every step he made, he was rewarded for his service as she kissed him again and again. Not stopping till he reached where she wanted. It was hard for Kira as his urges were not met yet and the only person who could help him was the very woman right in front. She grinned at him with lustful intent and pulled him down once they reached their love nest.
Flay wrapped her legs around his waist while bringing his head to her chest. He can feel her heartbeat, he can feel her breathing. They were fast, they were rapid, they were… alive. He felt comforted by her actions.
Flay proceeds to take two quick steps towards him until her hands are in his hair and his mouth is on hers. Kira gasps in surprise and grabs her shoulders, but he immediately falls into step with her and slides her hands to her neck.
Her mouth, coupled with the way her hand is sliding down Kira's arm, is all too much. So much. Good much. So good. He just whimpered. As soon as the sound leaves his mouth, she's pressing him harder against the poor bed. Her left hand is caressing his cheek and her right hand is gripping him by the waist, pulling him against her. He finished packing. She doesn't have to leave right at the last minute. Does she? She really doesn't. Her actions release endorphins and endorphins keep people awake.
Her chin started to tilt towards his. Her lips parted.
"I want to know what it feels like," She whispered.
She was going to kiss him again, and it was amazing, and he wanted her to… kissed him back again and again, showing how a kiss was meant to be. He always told himself he was not a good kisser, but she could tell by his heart thumping under her that he enjoyed it, that he responded to it the same way as every other occasion they were together as one.
Except for those times when Kira started things rolling by applying his mouth to her. He began to do, swiftly losing himself in the flowery complexities of her actions, until her thighs tightened in refusal and she sat up, taking his face between her hands.
"Make love to me," She commanded.
She lay back down and waited stoically, like a good Victorian wife. She felt abnormally tight as he entered her. And then there was a further surprise; she was moaning very loudly. She couldn't help it, she was also holding it in for so long she could barely register what was happening around her. She begged, she cried, she was suffocating in her very own creation. She wanted more, she wanted him and only then she could satisfy her thirst. She locked him in a tight grip, not letting go of him. His smell of sweet chocolate intoxicates her with lust, she needs more, she wants to be drowned in his own fluids and fast. Every action he did, she took it in and every action resulted in a reward. Flay bit her lips as she was in ecstasy and the results were beyond what she could have expected every time and every time was as amazing as the last, she reached her goal as her climax was released. She panted and sweat with satisfaction from his deed as he too reached his peak and a pure sense of relief followed.
They cuddled, they kissed. The deed was done, the results were beyond expected as one could hope for. The final act. Sleep in each other's arms. Followed by the occasional domination of the spooning with Flay coming out on top.
As time passed, the couple were sleeping soundly, none would dare to wake each other up but eventually one as to as a certain red hair started to feel hungry. She lazily woke up by the sound of her grumbling and the pain of her injury started to be unbearable. She slowly but surely let go of the person she loves and gave him a kiss on his forehead. Flay quickly got changed and put back on her heavy armour suit, concealing her body , away from the world to see, and to protect her from danger once more. She applied morphine once more and headed out of the door. She eventually made way to the mess hall where the crew and soldiers from every faction were gathered to eat. She notice there was a commotion between the United Nation forces and the remaining Zaft forces arguing on something but could hear what they were saying but the red hair recognise the people who were arguing, they were the four red shirts with Athrun watching his silver bowl haircut subbonidates arguing to a group of United Nations soldiers that seems to only want to eat.
"You want to play tough naturals?!" The Silver bowl haircut shouted at the soldiers "Whoever wants to fight, step forward!"
The whole entire crowd of soldiers stepforward in sync, causing him and the rest of his teammates to be a bit stunned by their actions.
"So you all want to fight?" He continued not wanting to back down but with a hint of nervousness in his voice. "Great, we'll go one on one."
The crowd of soldiers started to laugh.
"Don't even think about cheating you natural bastards!" He then points to a woman who was minding her own business. "You! Woman with the pans!"
The woman was bewildered as she looked to her comrades who shrugged back at her, not knowing what was going on other than he was looking to fight them.
"You look real tough. Want to try me?! I'll let you hit me first." The silver bowl haircut boy mocked.
The soldier gladly obliged and punched directly at the area where his stomach is located. The man took a step back from the sudden impact and spits out blood from his mouth, splattering all over the female soldier, causing his comrades to be in a state of shock while giving Flay a bewildered and curious look.
"What do you do?" The silver bowl haircut asked.
"I'm a cook." The female soldier replied with a wide grin.
"Cooks don't fight. Piss off!" The boy waved at her to go away.
"He's crazy!" The soldier exclaimed as she turned her back and walked away from the young boy.
"Calling me names? Typical Natural." The boy continues to threaten them despite being severely injured by the punch as blood continues to flow out of his mouth. "You're lucky you're a woman."
He continued to look for his next target then he found one, a soldier was sitting down, watching the whole thing in the crowd.
"Hey, shorty! Yeah you! If you're short, you don't retort back." He pointed
The soldier did so and got up, revealing to be a very huge man that was towering the rest of his comrades at twice their height effortlessly. This causes Flay to laugh a bit at the situation the boy was in.
"What did I say about cheating?" He mocked. "Sit back down!"
The soldier did so.
"You! The guy with glasses, you look like you want to fight me." The silver bowl haircut demanded.
The soldier with glasses took a step forward, revealing he was overly buffed despite having the stereotypical look of a person with glasses.
"No, not you. I mean…" The boy quickly changes his tone and quickly looks for his supposed next victim to fight. "You!"
He points to another soldier.
"The one looks like a kid! Let's go natural!" He demanded and brought his fist to bear.
The young looking soldier gladly took the offer and stepped up but he was also revealed to be buffed as the last guy but with childlike face features.
"All right! All right!" The boy gave up.
"These Naturals are not built the same as the earth alliance." This time the boy's comrade said
Flay approached them, with one of the soldiers saluting at her.
"He's threatening us, lieutenant." The soldier explained.
"Oh?" Flay said as she cracked her knuckles.
Athrun was the first to realise this and got in between the group.
"Look, Yzak realised his mistake. We don't need to escalate this." He pleaded.
"Oh? But what I'm seeing is that he is threatening to fight my people, the very people that saved you lot from total extinction. Is this how you, coordinators, treat your saviours?" Flay asked as she continued to crack her knuckles while grinning at them threateningly.
"Why you!" Yzak shouted and charged towards Flay.
"Yzak stop!" Athrun demanded.
It was too late, the young boy went in and attempted to punch the red hair but wasn't unable to as she quickly side stepped to the right and quickly subdue him as she pinned him down on the ground.
"Oh! I give you credit." Flay stated "Going for the part where I can't see is a viable strategy. But you are still twenty years too early to go up against me."
"Flay, please let him go!" Athrun pleaded.
The red haired woman did so, causing them to sighed in relief.
"Thank you."
"Control your people Athrun, or I'll tell your fiance what happened here." Flay commanded
"Will do Flay, it's just Yzak couldn't stand the idea that his home is gone and you guys tried to nuke it." Athrun explained.
Flay simply just waved. "What is done, is done."
Athrun nodded and Flay continued to her objective, getting food for herself. She lined up and put huge amounts of food on to her plate. She always liked the food the mess hall cooked but never liked the meal ready kits they gave. Ever since her days back in the training academy she always made sure she stuff herself with food and this is no exception to the matter. People always watch her in amazement on how much she eats but that is because she always skips meal kits to compensate for it.
She looked around the place for a seat and found Mu from the Archangel eating alone but happy at the same time. She approached him and gave him a query look.
"Are you eating alone?" She asked with her eyebrow raised.
Mu looked up at her and smiled. "Hey kid! How are you doing? Come sit down!"
Flay did so and began to eat.
"So how are you doing? Heard that you took a beating after rescuing the pink princess." He said.
"I'll live, doc says i won't be able to see from my left eye though but i'll get used to it." Flay answered as she continued to put a mouthful of food in her mouth.
"That's… good to hear I guess? How's the other kid doing?" Mu asked
"He's doing well, sleeping at the moment, took the news of my injuries and my pregnancy like the champ he is." She told him.
Mu dropped his spoon in shock, Flay smiled and laughed at his action.
"I jest! I jest!" Flay said as she continued to laugh at him while eating. "I don't think he thinks he's ready to be a father yet."
"O-o-oh… you almost gave me a heart attack kid." Mu stammered.
"And what about you, sir? Where's Murre and Natarle?"
"They are talking to your Admiral of the Fleet, I was supposed to be there but it got too boring so I went here and grabbed something to eat." Mu answered. "Did you know you guys cooked the best food? I can never have this kind of luxury back at the earth alliance or at Orb."
"That's because our entire nation's force runs on our stomach." Flay stated.
They both laughed till Murre and Natarle came and sat down at their table.
"Glad to see you alive and well, Flay." Murre said as she sat down.
"Good to see you too captain and ensign." Flay replied back. "How's the meeting went?"
"Aside from the mass evacuation he told us, not good." She answered back with a headache.
"He did tell us your scientists manage to add your GN-drives onto our mobile suits that will at least give us an edge." Natarle added.
"Oh no…" Flay muttered as she stopped eating.
"Why? Is it bad?"
"The last time they did that, I heard they came up with terrible names." Flay answered "GN-Flag if i remember."
Murrue rolled her eyes. "They did say it's going to be renamed the GN-Dagger, GN-Astray and GN- Ginn."
"Still, aside from that, It's not going to be easy to train the people who are going to pilot them, you know." Flay stated. "I remember I heard one of the earlier test pilots had coughed up blood after trying to use it."
"Really?"
"Well that and he was so obsessed with trying to beat a gundam might have something to do with pushing himself to the limits." Flay answered. "But that's another story entirely."
"In any case, who is going to teach?" Mu asked
Flay sighed. "Most likely the Admiral will ask me since I'm the closest to being a local here. But still, it's not something that can be taught in a day."
"Please, I bet I can beat you with this new tech you guys will put on my strike." Mu retorted back with a cocky smile.
Flay sighed again. "It's not the machine Lieutenant, it's the pilot."
"Oh really?" Natarle asked.
"Yes, I can show you." Flay answered while putting a spoonful of food in her mouth. "So what's the worst unit you guys have?"
The three of them stare at her as if she had a death wish.
It wasn't before long Flay was up and about again, flying what could only be described as a rust bucket she thought. Why am I doing this? She thought to herself as she checked the control manual given by the Earth Alliance force. Its name came on screen. The TS-MA2, Code name: Moebius. Name after an artist, how fitting and ironic she thought to herself as she continues to look at the controls. One of the worst layout designs that one could possibly imagine. And no view screen to look at the back with all cameras being focused at the front.
Flay sighed about it and she noted the weapon is one of the worst she has ever used. She concluded that one has to be a marksman to use the linergun, if the person misses their target then it's over for them. She remembers her training, one has to shoot first before the enemy has the chance to shoot back. The only upside is the controls are very similar to the fighter that are currently being fielded by the United Nation expeditionary force so there's a slight comfort in her skills of using the inferior machine.
Suddenly, the sensors of the machine came to life. Showing three orb Astrays being outfitted with the new GN-Drive. A mockery of the elegant machine that she uses namely the Brave unit and she knew they were the three women that flirted with Kira back in Orb.
She looked at the photo she had in the cockpit which was the picture that was taken when she and Kira were on their date, she then smiled, knowing she has to do this and turned on the comms.
"Good morning, Orb aviators. This is your lieutenant speaking." Flay spoked. "Welcome to basic fighter manoeuvres with your new GN-Drives."
The three Orb pilots looked everywhere for her but still couldn't find her. Flay sighed and thought they were definitely going to die in combat but continued anyway.
"As briefed, today's exercise is dog fighting." She continued. "All weapons are allowed. We do not go below the range of five thousand feet or one thousand five hundred twenty four metres for you non-Americans"
As she spoke, an entire crowd gathered around the screen back at the carrier, watching her every move with Kira holding anxiously for her. He told her not to go as she was still injured but she stubbornly refuses and only kisses him back as an answer. His friends calmed him down abit as they sat next to him to watch the training unfold with the United Nations crew members howling and chanting her name and nicknames alike. This made Kira slightly jealous.
"Working as a team, you have to shoot me down, or else." Flay continued to talk while putting her helmet on.
"Or else what ma'am?" One of the female pilots asked.
"Or else I shoot back." Flay answered with a devilish grin. "if i shoot either one of you down, you both lose."
"Damn it Flay…" Kira muttered as he continued watching.
"What say we put some skin in the game?" Another asked.
"What do you have in mind?" Flay asked back with a query look on her face.
"If we shoot you down, we get to go on a date with your guy." She replied seductively.
"Oh? And what do I get if I shoot you ladies down?" Flay questioned back.
"We are to do two hundred push-ups." The Orb pilot replies back at her.
Flay laughed as she put down her visor. "Ladies. that's a lot of push-ups."
"They don't call it an exercise for nothing, ma'am." One of them retorted.
Flay thought for a moment then nodded. "You got yourself a deal ladies."
She quickly accelerates her unit by pressing the pedal and throttle.
"Fight's on." Flay announced. "Let's turn and burn."
Flay got into action and ascended towards them while they were still being oblivious to her.
"Marlin, you see her?" One of the pilots asked.
"Nothing on the radar up ahead." The pilot, whose name is Marlin, answered back as she tried to look around. "She must be somewhere behind us."
Flay suddenly appeared but right in between them and continued upwards, causing a huge shockwave, stunning everyone.
"Damn it!" Marlin cursed.
"What the hell?" One of the Orb pilots questioned.
"What the hell?!" The entire local forces, Zaft, Orb and Earth Alliance alike shouted in disbelief that the inferior unit could do such a feat while the United Nation crew laughed at their expression, knowing it would happen.
Back at the combat zone, Flay paused and lowered her unit to a nose dive.
"Easy Flay… they are just rookies." She muttered under her breath while she lined up for a shot.
"Tally, tally, tally!" The Orb pilots shouted
"Flay's coming in!" One of them screamed
"Break left! Break left!" Another order.
"Breaking left!" One of them Acknowledges.
"Where's your wingman?" Flay asked as she was very close to targeting one of them.
"Damn it! Juri! Where are you guys?!"
"I got your back!" The Orb pilot, whose name is Juri, answered. "I'm coming. Hang in there. Hang in there!"
"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Her wingman panicked.
"Break right. Break right!" Juri ordered.
Her wingman did so and now Flay changed her target towards the pilot, Juri.
"She just saved your life, girl. But it's gonna cost her." Flay stated while slowly aiming at her.
"Not this time! Old woman!" Juri retorted and descended her Astray downwards.
"Don't let her get to you, Flay…" Flay angrily muttered and followed her.
"You're getting out of the combat zone!" Juri's comrade shouted over the comms.
"Oh shit!" She cursed back and pulled up.
Flay took the opportunity and successfully targeted her.
"That's a kill." Flay nonchalantly said.
The scene changed to Flay's advisor, counting the push ups the three Orb pilots have to do.
"Down! One o nine!" Flay's advisor shouted while the three did a push up. "Down! One o ten!"
Suddenly, three Earth Alliance pilots from the Alaska corp approach them and start mocking.
"Whoo! Wow." One of the pilots spoke.
"Hold that tarmac down till we get back, alright?" Another added.
"Get in there boys." Flay's advisor ordered.
They did not fare any better. They were being taken out by Flay as she easily did so in their inferior unit.
"That's a kill." She spoke over the comms.
"Damn it!" One of them screamed
"Smoked." Flay stated as she shot one of them down.
"Damn!" Another cursed.
The scene changes back to Flay's advisor counting the push ups, this time for the three Earth Alliance pilots.
"It was all fun and games with that insult wasn't it?" Flay's Advisor asked as they did a push up. "Down!"
"Shit!" One of them cursed.
The next batch of victims to the slaughter, is the four zaft elite pilots.
"Greetings Zaft pilots." Flay announced over the comms. "Fight's on."
"All right, let's take this woman out!" Deerka shouted.
"Break right!" Yzak ordered.
"Breaking right!" Three of them acknowledged.
"Where's he going?!" Athrun spoked.
"That's why we don't fly with him very often, remember?" Deerka answered. "He will hang you out to dry."
"Leaving your wingman," Flay stated. "Now that's a strategy i havent seen in a while."
"She calls you a man. Are you going to take that?!" Yzak taunted.
"As long as she doesn't call you a man." Athrun retorted as he continued searching for Flay. "Talk to me Deerka! Where's she at?"
"What the hell?! She's already coming around behind us!" Deerka answered back.
"Get her off me, idiot!" Athrun ordered while starting to panic.
"For all you folks at home, this is how you bury a natural." Yzak announced as he lined up for the shot. "All right, time to teach you a lesson."
Flay rolled her good eye and finished aiming at the three gundams simultaneously. "You three are out by the way."
"Son a bitch!" Deerka cursed.
"Let's go!" Yzak shouted over the comms.
"Let's see what you got." Flay smirked.
"Come get me!" Yzak taunted. "Evil be gone! I'm coming for you!"
Flay quickly ascended towards the sun, blinding the poor Zaft pilot.
"Shit…" Yzak cursed. "I can't see her. How close am i?"
"I'm dead. Dickhead." This time Nicol answered, causing everyone to laugh. "See you in the afterlife."
"Where is she?" Yzak still questioned. "Where is she?"
Flay came up behind him and finished aiming at him. "That's a kill."
The four Zaft pilots got back and Flay's advisor was waiting for them for their push up punishment.
"Seventy-nine. Down." Flay's advisor shouted and they did a push up. "Eighty. Down"
Flay watched on screen and smirked. "Let's go. Who's next?"
The Admiral of the fleet sighed and put the names on screen. The last batch of people to train were Mu and Kira who were already flying into the combat zone.
"So Kira, mind if I ask you a personal question?" Mu asked.
"Would it matter if I did?" Kira questioned back.
"So what's the story with you and her?" He asked. "It seems like she's got you well protected."
"That's none of your business." Kira retorted. "Now where is she?"
"Been here the whole time handsome." Flay announced and flew on top of his newly outfitted GN-perfected strike, upside down.
"Holy…" Mu muttered
"You see me now, darling?" Flay asked with a smile. "Come on, lover boy. Let's get this over with."
"You're on Flay!" Kira exclaimed with a smile.
The two began their descent, as they spun in a tornado pattern.
"What is with these two?" Mu exclaimed as he continued to watch them.
"Alright darling, you put us here. Now, how are you going to get us out?" Flay questioned as they continued descending.
"You can bail out anytime." Kira answered back.
"And for how long do you want to go, handsome?" Flay questioned again.
"As long as you can!" Kira exclaimed as he pushed the throttle.
"Guys! You are getting out of the combat zone. You are running out of room to move." Mu stated over the comms.
"What's your move dear?" Flay continues to question.
Her answer came when Kira suddenly broke the spinning and decelerated his gundam, positioning himself behind her, stunning the red hair a bit but put a smile on her face.
"Now you got me handsome. Don't think. Just do it." Flay ordered.
"Come on! Kira! You got her! Take the shot!" Mu encouraged Kira.
Kira tried but couldn't bring himself to aim at the person he loves. "I… can't!"
Flay sighed but smirked. "Too late. You had your chance big boy."
She bled speed and quickly got behind Kira and aimed at him without hesitation.
"That's a kill." She announced while grinning widely.
"Damn it!" Kira cursed.
"Same old Kid." Mu sighed
"Go see our advisor about your push-ups." Flay ordered as she got to Kira's side.
He made it back to the carrier and the advisor was waiting for him. Kira began doing the push ups and after a while he completed them.
"All right that's enough." The advisor ordered.
Kira quickly stopped and collapsed from exhaustion. Despite being a coordinator, his boat still gave way due to not being used to such gruesome exercise. He slowly made his way back to their private quarters. Every step he took was pain, every step he took was his body screaming to stop. Once he opened the door, he was quickly pulled in. Kira tried to see but wasn't able to, the room was dark. Only the sense of a familiar touch helped him ease up.
"You did pretty good today, handsome." Flay whispered in his ear. "You were the only one who got the closest to shoot me down."
"Well… yea but I'm still lost." He replied as he started to breathe heavily.
Flay kisses the nape of his neck causing a sudden moan from him. "Oh, I knew you could do it but you chose not to. It made me feel so alive back there."
"It's just I didn't want you to do the two hundred push ups." Kira answered as she continued to nip his ear.
Flay chuckled a bit. "Well I guess that does deserve a reward, big boy."
"What do you have in mind?" He asked but knew the answer.
The answer came in the form of her placing her hands around his hips and she moved her lips against his, wanting more, but more of what, she cannot say. He steps closer, until their bodies touch, then his other hand comes up, the warm fingers grasping her waist, pulling Flay even closer still. He was lost in her kiss, and all her defences give way before this hot, hungry mystery that lies between them. And then she pulls away, slowly, as if loath to do so.
She lifted his hands above his head, pinning his arms to the wall. Flay has the briefest moment of satisfaction at the pure shock and lust on her face, before her body pressed against him before her mouth claimed his. And this time she kissed him for real.
She straddled him. Her hair was loose. It was cut straight across at the level of her shoulders. It was hanging forward, hiding her face, except for her eyes, which she was holding shut tight. She was being careful, leaving him alone, wanting, so far. On his back meant fun for him, Flay taking her time.
Kira had to push his anxiety away. It would be easier for him to get up and take care of an emergency if she weren't on top of him now. He had to forget about that. Some of their best love making sessions had been with her on top, using him, taking her sweet time.
One thing he loved that she sometimes did was to align their bodies and rub. Hers would be hard and his would be too. He didn't know if she would do that. In an ideal world she would do everything she had ever done with him, in farewell, a movie, had the world enough and time, which they didn't. There was too much.
She was dragging her hair across his eyes. Kiss me, he thought, anguished, because she wasn't going to, he knew. She lightly bit his shoulder. She was lowering herself more. She was brushing her assets across his face. He wanted to take one of hers into his mouth, either one. He was frantic. He wanted to get as much of one of hers into his mouth as he could. They were killing him, her blunt instruments.
He drove himself harder into her. She was whining with pleasure and that was good. She would climax again right away.
He kept on, slowing himself. He pushed her knees up higher. He was almost there and so was she, again.
And then the knot at the root of his cock dissolved in fire, melting. He shouted when he came. Then she was snorting, trying to say something. She was telling him to stop. She had come a second time and she wanted him to stop. They disengaged, shaking.
Flay held him tightly, neither said a word. One thing is for certain, their current life was perfect and none would want to change it. They slowly fell asleep, in each other's arms. Not wanting to let go of what they hold dear to them. A sense of tranquillity where happiness was finally obtained Flay thought soundly as she was slowly drifting in her sleep.
The hours had gone by and Kira woke up from his slumber, he looked around but couldn't find Flay inside their room. He quickly got up and changed into his clothes and went out. The first to greet him was one of the commandos on his routine patrol.
"Hey! It's the Lieutenant's lover!" The commando waved.
"Hello…" Kira bowed.
"Couldn't sleep, sir?" The commando asked.
"No actually, I just woke up." Kira answered.
"Ah, if you're looking for the Lieutenant, she was with your guy, the blond hair dude." The commando answered.
"Mu?" Kira gave a query look. "Do you know where they are?"
"Most likely at the practice simulation range." The commando replied. "Just down the hallway, you couldn't miss it. If you don't hear gun fire then you've gone too far."
"Thanks. I'll head there myself." Kira nodded.
"Anytime sir." The commando acknowledged and walked away.
Kira proceeded to the destination and once arrived he was greeted at the sight of his significant other, shooting at the targets as they pop up while Mu was watching from afar, being impressed by her skills.
"Hey kid!" Mu waved at him, after noticing he was there. "Glad to see you are awake."
"Thanks, what's Flay doing?" Kira asked as he sat down next to Mu.
"Training." He answered.
"Training?" Kira questioned.
"Yup, caught her just as she got out of your room." He replied with a wink. "Nice going by the way."
Kira nervously chuckled. "It's not our first though we did it many times."
Mu coughed as he choked on the air. "Please, kid, no more info."
"Sorry…" Kira looked away in embarrassment.
"Anyways, she told me she comes down here to do some training, see if she still got it." Mu diverted the conversation.
"I'm sure she still does." Kira answered back.
"Kid, I don't think you understand." Mu said as he continued looking at Flay shooting away in frustration.
"What do you mean?" Kira asked the older gentleman.
"Have you seen the score boards before you came here?" Mu questioned him.
Kira shook his head.
"We can ignore all the names on there cause we don't know any of them but one we do know." Mu pointed out.
"Flay?" Kira guessed.
"Bingo kid. Flay Allster or the Goddess of the United nation, the boogeyman killer or whatever they call her here." Mu nodded in agreement.
"Wow…" Kira muttered.
"And guess where she is, kid." Mu continued to watch as Flay was pushing herself on the practice range.
"Where? One of the top hundreds I guess." Kira guessed again.
"Kid, you have no idea how lucky to have her currently," Mu stated. "Try number one."
"First?"
"Yes kid, first place." Mu nodded. "She must have trained so hard just to be with you."
"I know…" He muttered.
"But sadly, since she lost her eye. Her skills were cutted in half." Mu pointed out.
"What do you mean half?" Kira questioned again.
"Before you came, I watched a few rounds and let's just say she barely made it to the middle now." Mu spoke.
The conversation got interrupted when the buzzer timer stopped followed by a banshee screech from the certained red hair as she blew out her frustrations.
"Kid! Just calm yourself!" Mu shouted. "You're not going to get any better if you keep on going."
"I have to!" Flay shouted back but noticed Kira was standing there. "I have…to…"
Mu looked at her then turned to Kira.
"Go on, your woman is waiting for you." Mu said with a smirk.
Kira nodded and slowly made his way towards Flay who was sitting on the ground sulking.
"Hey, Flay." Kira spoke as he cuddled the red hair who was now pouting.
"I… see you're finally awake." Flay spoke back but still not showing her face to him. "Sorry you have to see me like that."
Kira smiles as he lays down his head on top of hers and wraps his arms around her neck. "You were amazing."
"Thanks sweet talker." Flay blushes while she holds his arm. "But we both know I'm not what I'm used to."
"Explain to me, my wife." Kira said as sniffed her.
"I can't reach where I was before." Flay stated. "No matter how hard I try, I… just can't make it. My skills are not there anymore."
"Is it because you can't see your left side?" Kira questioned.
"I would rather say skills since I should be able to compensate for the disability." Flay answered back.
"Want me to be your left eye?" Kira offered. "By the way you smell of strawberry."
"Hmm? You mean you want to be by my side?" Flay query. "And yes strawberry shampoo, my love."
Kira giggled. "Yes, in a sense, I shouted where your targets are at, you shoot back at them. You know I don't have combat training."
"Just like back in the desert?" Flay asked as she turned around.
"Yes, just like in the desert." Kira smiled back.
"Oh come on and kiss already!" Mu interrupted them. "I want to see some action, drama, I'm bored here!"
The couple laughed and obliged with his request. Flay gave a quick kiss on Kira's sweet lips and parted.
"Let me get my armour." Flay muttered.
Kira nodded as he let go of her.
The red hair returned quickly after changing into her commando armour, all polished up as if it looks like it came off the assembly line but with only the helmet being brand new.
Mu whistled. "Damn kid, you look mighty fine in that armour, looks like you can take on a mobile suit."
Flay rolled her good eye. "Don't you have Murrue or Natarle to holla to?"
Mu sighed dramatically. "If only they would look at me like you look at Kira."
"Keep trying, drama queen." Flay smirked. "I heard they like men when they sacrifice themselves."
"I'm planning on living, kid." Mu said with a deadpan face.
Flay laughed. "I jest! I jest!"
The red hair then turned to Kira who was standing right beside her, smiling. "Ready to go lover boy."
Kira nodded. "Ready to go, Flay."
"Oh! Before I forget." Flay quickly took out a marker and handed it over to Kira with her helmet.
"What's this?" He asked as he looked at the writing tool.
"Would you mind writing your name on my helmet?" Flay question with a puppy look.
Kira smiled and began writing. "Sure but I don't think it will help in any way."
Flay giggled. "It's a legend among the crew. If the person you love wrote their names on one's armour, they will bring good luck and will come back alive."
"Well then…" Kira closes the marker and places a kiss on Flay's helmet. "Let's make sure that legend is true."
Flay blushed at his action and put her helmet on. The helmet came to life as the blue hue light admitted once more.
"Can you see me?" Kira asked as he tried to look into the blue hued T-visor.
"Yes but only partly." Flay answered. "I literally can't see my HUD display on the left side and half of the crosshair is missing on display. God damn it…"
Kira sighed and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Flay, I'm right behind you."
Flay smiled and cocked her rifle. "Watch my back, handsome."
Kira nodded as they then turned to the training simulation while Mu was waiting at the controls to start it.
"You ready kids?" Mu asked.
"Ai! Ai! lieutenant!" They said,
"I can't hear you!" Mu exclaimed.
"Ai! Ai Lieutenant!" They both shouted.
"Ooohhhh!" Mu coughed. "Begin!"
The two race off into the course as Flay begins shooting at the holographic targets whenever they pop up.
"Flay! Top left!" Kira shouted.
Flay instantly turned her rifle at the target and fired, destroying it instantly.
"NIce!" Kira exclaimed.
"Thanks, handsome!" Flay winked as she fired another round on her right.
Kira turned and saw a lot more targets popped up on their left.
"Flay! Left side! A Lot of them!" He exclaimed.
Flay threw her rifle to her left hand and took out her pistol with her right hand. She then proceeded to gun them down in quick succession while the shots were not as accurate, she was still able to destroy them without any problems despite being unable to see properly.
"Flay! Watch out!" Kira screamed.
Flay reacted just in time as suddenly the target jumped on her. She used all her strength and pushed the target back and fired her pistol at it. The target stumbled back and it growled. Flay stopped and looked at Mu with annoyance.
"Mu! Did you change the settings to fantasy?!" Flay shouted at him. "My target is now an ork!"
"Sorry! I just want to see what the setting is." Mu replied back.
Flay rolled her good eye and shot the target to oblivion. Suddenly a banshee scream could be heard charging towards Flay but she couldn't see where it was coming from.
She got her answer.
"Flay! Behind us!" Kira shouted.
Without hesitation, Flay jumped back and pointed her rifle in the general direction while protecting Kira from the incoming attack. The target screamed at her as it went into close combat and slashed her. Flay's armour took the hit, she stumbled but stood still. Flay immediately grabbed hold of the weapon and kicked the target away. Flay followed up and shot it directly in the chest with several rounds of her rifle, destroying it.
"What was that?" Kira asked.
"Elves, I hate them." Flay said in disgust. "Reminds me too much of myself when I was young."
Kira laughed and suddenly a mobile suit appeared right in front of them, towering them in an intimidating pose.
"Glad you changed it back! Mu!" Flay shouted as she cocked her rifle.
"Anything for my two favourite kids!" Mu replied back with a thumb's up.
The giant war machine began targeting them with its massive gun.
"So, what do we do?" Kira asked nervously while still looking at the mobile suit.
"Just like back in the desert, my love." Flay answered back while aiming her rifle at it. "But this time I have the power to shoot it down."
"Anything for me to do?" Kira wondered.
Flay smiled and blew a kiss to him. "Keep the bed warm."
Kira laughed as he watched his lover go in full on assault on the holographic mobile suit as if it was a scene from a movie. Life was perfect in his eyes.
The days went by pretty quickly, time was almost up. Both knew what was at stake but not before a little ceremony for them, created by the Admiral of the fleet.
Flay and Kira step from the tram into a crowd of cheering crew members, cameras hovering around them.
"You told me there wouldn't be any cameras," Kira whispered to Flay.
"And you told me you were gonna wear something nice! Folks need heroes, Kira. To give 'em hope. That's what my old drill instructor told me. So smile, would you? While we still have something to smile about!" Flay answered back as she adjusted her military beret.
Flay and Kira walk to the end of the room, as the Bridge's doors open up. Two officers stand at attention, salute to the couple, and step aside to allow them entry to the Bridge as the doors open. Dozens of Naval officers cheer as the couple approach the Admiral of the fleet at the end.
Flay salute to the admiral. He returns the gesture.
"Lieutenant, we're lucky to have you." The Admiral stated.
An officer whispers to Lord Hood's ear.
"Go ahead, Operator." The Admiral as he turns to the screen.
"Another activation, sir, near the plant colonies area. We have scouts en route." The operator replied.
"Understood." The Admiral acknowledged. "I apologise, but we're going to have to make this quick."
The Admiral turns aways from them a bit.
"You look nice." One of the operators mentioned.
"Thanks." Flay and Kira said simultaneously
Flay and Kira look at each other while the Admiral picks up a medal from a red-clothed case containing two other medals.
"Lieutenant, The medal is awarded for acts of singular daring and devotion, for a soldier of the United Nation expeditionary force." The Admiral said as he placed the medal on her uniform.
"Slipspace ruptures directly off our battle cluster." An operator announced
"Show me." The Admiral ordered
Images of ELS appear on the main screen of the Bridge.
"Fifteen ELS size capital ships holding position just outside the kill zone." The operator stated.
The screen changes and shows United Nations ships approaching the ELS fleet.
"This is the Rear Admiral. We are engaging the enemy." The Rear Admiral announced over the comms.
"Negative, Rear Admiral. Form a defensive perimeter around the cluster." The Admiral orders and then turns to Flay and Kira "Lieutenant, get to your unit, link up with our forces."
Flay salutes."Yes, sir! Come Kira, let's get moving!"
The couple leaves as the Admiral watches on.
"You have the main guns, operator. As soon as they come in range, open up."
"Gladly." The operator answered back.
"Something's not right... The fleet that invaded our world was fifty times this size." the Admiral stated.
An operator faces the Admiral from his console on one of the various levels of the Bridge.
"Sir, additional contacts. Phase one versions and lots of them!" The operator announced in panic.
The view shifts back to the screen.
"They're going to try to take the planet, give their monsters a straight shot at Earth." The Admiral commented. "Defend at all cost!"
"Yes, sir!" The entire fleet spoke.
The Admiral turns back to his command station. Through the bay windows looking up to the main cannons, the fleet turns to engage the ELS as they, and the rest of the fleet crews, go to battle stations. Mobile suits and space fighter units hurtle overhead trailed by cruisers and its escorts.
The Admiral sighed and opened the comms channel.
"Greeting ladies and gents of the combined United Nation arm forces, Admiral of the Fleet here." The Admiral spoke over the comms in the open channel, "To us has been given the honour of striking a blow for freedom, which will live in this world's history."
He looked onwards at his fleet preparing the engagement.
"For we will stand and fight here! If we can't stay alive, then let us stand here dead!" The Admiral raised his voice with his fist in the air. "With sout hearts! And with enthusiasm for the contest! Let us go forward to victory!"
Everyone cheered and clapped as the Admiral spoke.
He continued. "For our business here as you know is fighting! Fighting the ELS! And anybody else too who wants to have a fight!"
Afew of the crew members chuckled at the speech.
"Good luck to each and everyone of you! And good hunting in this universe's timeline!" The admiral of the fleet announced over the comms.
Flay sighed as she watched Kira being dressed up for combat in his Earth Alliance suit. She heard the announcement, a grand speech she thought. Not like the local forces that are used to it. She remembers one of them asked why the Admiral loves to speak in such a way that does not have anything to do with the mission plan. She replied it's to motivate, something that this timeline does not have.
"Flay you ready?" Kira asked as he was now standing very close to her.
Flay broke out of her trance and stared at him. She grinned at the sight and pulled him into a hug to which he returned in kind.
"Yea," She simply answered. "Looks like this is it."
"Do… you think we have a chance to beat them?" He asked.
Flay hollowed and laughed. "Keep praying, handsome and we will."
"Already am." Kira replied as he began to stroke her hair.
"Say if we make this out alive… I want a house with a white picket fence, a dog, a cat, and two children." Flay said but shook her head. "Nevermind, dismiss that. It was a stupid joke."
Kira broke off their hug and held her hand. "Sounds pretty good to me."
"Ok, good, cause I wasn't really joking." Flay said as she started to cry. "I want a really big house with a white picket fence, a dog, a cat, some sort of a british shorthair and two kids if possible… Are you mentally writing all of this down?"
"We will have them." Kira said while smiling dearly at her.
"You damn well better be, lover boy." She answered back while wiping tears from her good eye.
Flay pulled him back into a hug and whispered. "Whatever happens, I love you and I will always protect you no matter what."
Kira kisses her cheek and looks her in the eye, "I love you too Flay."
She nodded. "Now , let's go save the world or at least try."
Kira nodded back and both made their way to the hangar. There they were greeted by everyone, their friends, and crew of the carrier, whistling and cheering at them but most importantly, her Father and her younger self were standing on the side with Kira's parents, waving at them. The couple wave back. Then continued on to Flay's brave unit.
"Ready to be my gunner, handsome?" She asked as she squeezed his hand.
Kira returns in kind and squeezes back. "Always."
Flay was the first to get into the cockpit while Kira followed suit. She turned on the machine and it came to life with its lights turned on and the signals in her HUD display became active.
"Try not to get shot down ok! If you do! It's not our fault!" Shouted her engineers.
Flay laughed as fastened her seat belt but stopped and stepped out of the cockpit.
"Flay?" Kira asked with a query look.
Flay cleared her throat. "Pilots and crew members of the United Nation! I am not the Admiral nor my grandfather nor my father who are blessed with the gift of making grand speeches, I am no orator."
The crew, friends and their family watch on.
"Or so they tell me. But I am a lieutenant of the United Nation Expeditionary Force,and they stand before us like an ant before the descending bulwark. I'm not going to lie, our chances of survival are small but all that we hold precious is at risk and we cannot retreat now. Come, follow me, strike down the ELS that rise against us and bring victory to this world!"
The entire hangar cheered and screamed at her speech with a grand applause from everyone, especially her father who looked like had shed a tear from being proud of her.
"Must you make such a grand speech?" Kira asked as he rolled his eyes.
Flay giggled. "Why of course, it's to go big or go home."
"Alright Lieutenant, this is the control tower operator, your call sign is now, master one." Said the operator over the comms "You are clear to taxi to the runway."
"Roger that operator." Flay replied as she closed the cockpit lid.
As the machine ran and the twin GN-drive began to spin once again. Flay pushed the controls and the unit began moving out of the hangar with the guidance of the ground team using hand signals and light sticks. As her unit made it to the runway, she parked the unit and turned to her back to see if Kira was doing alright which he gave a thumbs up to her.
"Master one, you are first in line." Said the ground crew member
"Master one, roger." Flay answered back
"Okay, ma'am. I need you to go ahead and tap the brakes and check flaps and stabs."
"Copy that, Flaps and stabs." She said and proceeded to move the controls.
The ground crew on the left side gave the thumbs up.
"Ok, left sides good. How are we on right side?" Flay asked.
The ground crew on the right side gave the green light with a thumb up.
"System check weapons. Initiate HMD visor. Got a green light up front. Switch to canon." Flay stated as she put her visor down causing multiple digital info to come on "Okay, gun spun up, looks good. Checking laser. Laser system tracking. Arm and check flares."
The machine signal went green.
"All right, weapons and countermeasures are good to go. Have good ends, good highs, good lows, no out lights. Ready."
"Let's do this!" Flay added.
With that, Flay pressed the throttle and took off while both of them were experiencing the Gs from the push back.
"Good shot. Good engine. Good end speed. Gear up." She added as her unit put back its gear
"Master one, this is your Advisor, levelling on your starboard." Mage one announced
"Gotcha." Flay replied.
The advisor dropship flew right next to their unit with several more brave units right behind them.
The advisor then puts up a video display, showing a map of an asteroid like picture with what appears to be a giant satellite dish while the Advisor begins reading the plan.
"The planet's evacuation operation is currently under siege. To defend it, the main fleet will insert two teams, Alpha's and Bravo's, one's and two's. However, our primary objective is to take and hold the asteroid."
"OORAH!" The team shouted.
"Wait, I thought we were going to be on the defence." Flay stated.
"The Admiral think not otherwise, ma'am." The Advisor replied back. "The Data you recovered have provided valuable intel that shows the Zaft forces were working on a giant death ray. If we have a slim chance to use this Zaft weaponry to end this or at least give our lads time, this is it."
Suddenly, lights started blaring in their cockpit.
"Masks on!" The Advisor ordered.
Everyone lowers their visors.
"Taking heavy fire sir! We need to go in now!" The pilot of the dropship announced over the comms.
"Let's do this! Go in now!" The Advisor ordered.
The team and the dropship fly down to the surface of the asteroid. One of the brave units immediately is destroyed by enemy fire. A part of the brave unit rolls on to Flay's unit.
"We lost one!" One of the brave unit's shouted.
The Brave unit's use their thrusters to stabilise before touching on the hard rock surface.
"Brave unit's in." One of the pilot's announced.
"Dropship is in." The dropship pilot announced.
One of the brave units points towards the terminal.
"There's a door due north, Advisor." One of the pilots said.
"I don't need coordinates from you." The Advisor retorted back as he looked into the map.
They enter the asteroid's perimeter. The ELS mobile suits approaches from the right.
"Contact!" One shouted.
"Right side!" Another added.
"Take 'em down! Kira!" Flay ordered.
"I'm on it!" Kira acknowledges and fires at them.
An ELS mobile suit gets close to them but Kira takes it out. The mobile suit loses control, rolls over, and crashes into the asteroid.
"Brave units, break right!" Flay ordered.
"Copy. Good hunting, Lieutenant." The pilots shouted over the comms.
A giant ELS-like ship fires on them, blowing up a part of the asteroid and an ELS mobile suit strafes them, taking out another brave unit in front of the couple causing Flay to break left.
"Hang on Kira! Looks like we are going the hard way! Hang on!" Flay shouted.
"Bracing!" Kira replied as he held on to his seat.
The couple's unit crashes through a hangar door and the brave unit falls on its side. The room depressurizes but the shutters close shortly after.
"Kira, you good?" Flay Asked as she pushes the controls.
"Yeah, I'm good Flay." Kira answered back as he also readjust his seat. "Effective driving as usual."
Flay rolled her good eye at his comment. "Let's get in gear and take this death ray for our use and push the ELS back up to their butt hole it came from."
Kira nodded but noticed something. "Section's cordoned off."
"There's an emergency airlock's open." Flay stated. "That's our access point. I'm moving the unit in."
The Brave unit enters the airlock and closes the door. The airlock pressurised.
"Looks like here comes gravity." Kira said as he felt the unit hitted the ground.
"Powering down." Flay stated as she slowed the unit's GN-Drive.
"Do you think they're going to be alright?" Kira asked as he checked the diagnostics.
"Only one way to find out." Flay said as she contacted her advisor. "Come in advisor, what's your sitrep?"
The advisor came on screen with Flay's commandos firing at the back of the dropship behind him.
"Lieutenant, glad you made it safely." The advisor replied. "We are having a major problem at the moment, the majority of the ELS forces are currently engaging us and half of your Brave unit squad has split and are unable to make contact at this time."
"Acknowledge, how do we proceed?" Flay asked.
"I'm afraid at this moment you have to make your way to the control quarters by yourself." The advisor answered back. "We will try to link up with you as soon as possible. Out."
Flay sighed as she cut off communications. "Looks like we are on our own from here."
Kira chuckled. "You and me, against the world."
Flay smiled. "Sounds about right, my love."
"Ready to save the world, Flay." Kira said confidently.
Flay pushed the throttle and the unit began to move once more.
"The corners are gonna get tight, handsome." Flay stated. "Shoot anything that doesn't look human."
Kira nodded as his fingers were on the trigger, waiting for anything to pop up.
The unit slowly makes its way through the corridor, watching every detail for any hostile in the area. Kira slowly started to feel the anxiety, creeping up to his mind as the corridor began to close in all around him.
"Kira?" Flay asked as she broke the silence. "You think there will be a party when we get back?"
"Is this the time to talk about it?" Kira wondered.
Flay giggled. "Sorry love, just want to break the tension, that's all, helps calm the nerves."
"Ah… then yeah, I'm hoping for a really big cake and presents." Kira replied.
Flay chuckled. "That's my guy."
"Flay?" Kira wondered.
"Yes, my love?" Flay questioned back.
"Do you feel nervous right now?" He asked her with curiosity.
"I do my sweet. I do." Flay answered back in kind. "Thinking about it makes me want to throw up."
"Glad I'm not the only one then." Kira smirked at her.
"You're smirking aren't ya?" Flay grinned behind her helmet.
"How do you know?" Kira wondered in amazement.
"Magic." Flay replied.
Kira laughed. "Oh really? And is not mind reading?"
"Nah, that's Mirrialla's department." Flay happily retorted back.
The couple laughed as their unit pushed on into the area.
"You know it really feels like we are in a movie." Kira said as he tracked some movements while nodding to the red hair.
"Which one is it, handsome? The one is the horror movie where we all die? Or the one where the hero saves the love interest." Flay asked as she banked right as she acknowledged the incoming threat.
Kira fired the beam rifle at the group of infected that were about to ambush them, incinerating them at ease.
"I prefer to think of the one that I get to save you." Kira answered as he cycled the weapon.
"Ohhh." Flay grinned like a devil. "What makes you think you have the right to save me?"
"Because I'm the hero of this story." He declared loudly.
Flay laughed. "Could I at least be the princess in yours?"
"But you already are." He smiled back.
"Nah… I think I'm the witch in your current story." Flay retorted back. "By the way contact, mobile suit, Ginn on the right side."
"You're not and understood, shooting now." Kira answered back as he fired at the ginn, killing it instantly.
Flay chuckled. "You're so sweet and cheesy at the same time to know that my love."
"Well someone has to be in this relationship." Kira smiled at her.
"Thanks for being that guy." Flay laughed.
"Always, willing to help." He added.
"Feeling better now?" Flay asked back.
Kira nodded. "Really helps, thanks."
"Makes me wonder how you could keep doing this before." Flay said. "Going into battle, alone. Kind of scary."
"You do too and I have Mu to back me up." Kira replied as looked into the monitor.
"No, I have my squad, and he doesn't count considering he was using a peashooter." Flay stated as she moved the unit to another room.
"Well… i… you know, now that i think about it. I shouldn't be alive." Kira pondered.
Flay laughed. "Now you know why I call you my hero."
"Yes." Kira joined in with her.
"Have you ever tried drinking, Kira?" Flay asked another question.
"No, have you?" He wondered.
"Yeah but it tastes like dog piss." She answered back.
Kira laughed. "I'll take your word for it."
Suddenly, as the unit entered the final room, they were greeted by a number of Ginns and their improved versions.
"Ah… shit…" Flay muttered.
The mobile suits open fire on them. Flay banked into cover as Kira began taking potshots.
"Looks like our chit chats over, darling." Flay announced. "Enemies looking really pissy today."
"Must be something to do with us killing their people." KIra commented.
"Oh, I bet they are." Flay said. "Shame really, I did enjoy our conversation."
"We can continue afterwards." Kira suggested as he continued firing.
"I'm holding you on to that my dear." Flay answered back as she began to push the throttle. "Get ready Kira, I'm jumping out of cover, push the limiter to maximum."
Kira complied and the beam rifle is now fully charged.
"Ready?" Flay asked.
"Ready!" Kira exclaimed.
The red haired instantly gunned it, the unit flew out like a soaring phoenix while the ELS mobile sutis continued to fire on them. Kira marked his targets and fired the beam rifle, unleashing a trail of hot molten light onto them, vapourizing them into ash.
As the last of the enemy got destory, the Brave unit powered down and instantly collapsed to the ground.
"Of course, out of all the times…" Flay facepalmed. "I really feel we are in some kind of movie."
"Or story." Kira added.
Flay rolled her good eye. "Try not to jinx it, my love."
Kira chuckled. "What now?"
"Now…" Flay took out her rifle and kicked the cockpit lid open. "We go the rest of the way on foot."
Kira grumbled as he took off his seat belt. "Well, it could be worse."
Flay giggled and offered her hand to him. "Maybe not, now come with me if you want to save the world."
Kira humoured her and took her hand gladly as they both got off the unit. Flay did a quick scan and held her rifle in a resting position.
"Stay close to me Kira." Flay ordered as she got close to him. "We are deep in enemy territory."
"That and I'm as useful as a bullet sponge here." Kira added.
Flay giggled as she aimed her rifle in a general direction.
"Let's go." She commanded.
The couple slowly walked away from the unit and headed onwards with no resistance in their path.
"You would think they would at least have some kind of defences in place." Kira muttered.
"They are ELS, they don't care about such trivial things." Flay replied as she continued aiming down the path. "Best reason I can think of is that they wander around here due to the old memories of the poor Zaft soldiers they assimilated."
"Could they be saved?" Kira wondered.
Flay shook her head in response. "As of now the only way is to end their suffering, I heard the transformation is painful once they touch you."
"Why didn't you… well you know…" Kira pondered.
"Transformed? I don't know." Flay answered truthfully. "My guess is that the variant was using his ELS as a weapon rather than a form to transfer the parasite."
"Same as right now?" Kira asked. "Since the station is still in operation."
"Seems like it." Flay added. "There are many things left unanswered but I would rather not find out when that happens."
"Shoot and kill?" Kira smirked.
Flay chuckled. "You forgot the word pray but yes sounds about right."
They turned to a corner but Flay quickly halted.
"What is it?" Kira tried to look above her.
"Cover your eyes my love." Flay ordered.
"Why?" He wondered.
"Do it!" She hissed.
"No! I want to know why!" Kira retorted back and took a peak.
"Wait Kira no!" Flay exclaimed but it was too late.
The young man gasped at what he saw, dead bodies lying on the ground with blood splattered everywhere while some were in proning positions. He felt as if his stomach had turned and wanted to throw up but held it in.
"Why…" Kira managed to gasp.
"I… told you not to look, dear." Flay spoke as she covered his eyes.
"How could they do this…" Kira muttered.
"Shhh… there, there…" Flay soothes him and takes his hand. "Come follow me, I'll get you out of this nightmare."
Kira could only nod as he now complied with his free hand covering his visor.
The couple slowly make their way past the kill zone and out of sight of the dead, far from the view. Flay slowly lets go of his hand and sat him down.
"You can open your eyes now my love." Flay spoke softly to him.
"Thanks Flay." Kira answered as he uncovered his visor.
Flay quickly checked the oxygen level and found it safe to breathe. She immediately took off her helmet and started vomiting out everything she ate before the mission.
"Flay?" Kira's voice started to panic.
The red hair gave a finger signal to wait one moment as she continued to vomit. She felt disgusted, her vision became blurred. Her emotions were on adrenaline, she felt embarrassed by her actions but she couldn't do anything.
No matter how well she is trained to handle, even an elite trooper such as herself will succumb to the horrors of war. The veil disgusting rot, the putrite flesh of organic matter mix with the silver like crystal substances, the lesteration of a human autonomy and lastly the mockery of the creation of a human is laid out, all for her see while Kira only caught the glimpse of such atrocities, she took the full brunt of it.
She swallows hard, holding back everything she could do in order to make sure Kira does not see one bit. That was her only thought during that time. She succeeded at the price of her sanity and the food she ate.
"Feeling better?" Kira soothed her as she coughed out the last of her stomach.
Flay nodded as she wiped her face with a towel.
"Yeah…" She softly replied as she tried to catch her breath. "Sorry you have to see that."
Kira shook his head and smiled back at her. "Don't be, you did because you wanted to protect me."
Flay smiled back. "Yeah… thank god you only saw a bit, the rest… I would rather not talk about it."
"Wanna rest a bit?" Kira asked.
"No, we can't. Every minute we wasted, means the chances of us saving this world are slimmer." Flay answered as she clumsily tried to put her helmet back on but failed to do so as her energy was drained.
"Shhh… there, let me help you." Kira said as he grabbed her hand.
"Thanks… darling." Flay simply acknowledges.
Kira slowly places the T-visor helmet on top of her head slowly as it naturally finds its way to connect to her body armour. The sound of the infamous click brought some relief to the young man as the helmet slowly hums back to life once more with its blue hue lights emitting out of the visor for him to see.
"You need help to get up?" Kira asked as he offered his hand to her.
"Ever so the gentleman you are, my love." Flay stated as she took his hand.
Kira chuckled and pulled her up on her feet, she instantly stood tall once more, rifle in hand, cocked and ready for action once more.
"Ready?" Kira asked.
Flay smiled and cocked her rifle again. "Ready, my darling."
Suddenly a voice interrupted them.
"Lieutenant Allster and Ensign Yamato, what is your status?" The voice asked.
"Captain Murrue?" Flay pondered. "How did you get on this line?"
"Your Admiral is busy doing damage control." Murrue answered. "Everything's going well considering the circumstances until a prototype gundam Zaft made showed up."
"I thought you destroyed it, Flay?" Kira looked at her with a query look.
"Negative Kira." Murrue helped her to answer. "This one is known as the providence and to put it bluntly, it's kicking our ass."
"That bad?" Flay wondered and looked at KIra with uncertainty.
"We lost almost forty percent of our current force and the numbers are going to continue rising." Murrue answered grimly. "We are running out of time."
"Understood, we're almost at the control room. Hang tight Captain." Flay spoke as she ran towards the room.
"Hurry or there won't be any of us left to celebrate your return." Murrue said.
"Like your attempt at humour, Captain. "Flay smirked. "I'm sure Lieutenant Mu would appreciate that."
Murre rolled her eyes and cut off communications.
The couple ran and found the door they were looking for with its room being ominously labelled, control room on the side.
"Looks like we found where we are needed, handsome." Flay commented but as she kicked the door, the door wouldn't open. "Damn, the door's locked."
"Seems we need to enter the code." Kira explained.
"Blasted, wish my commandos were here." Flay snapped her fingers. "I'm never very good at slicing."
"I can try." Kira offered.
"And that's why I love you so much." Flay smiled as she went into defend mode. "Do it quickly, I'll cover you."
KIra began to work his magic on the door when suddenly, an unearry scream and screeches could be heard down the hallway.
"Flaaaaayy!" Kira started to panic.
"Don't worry, I got this… I hope." Flay said as she aimed her rifle down the hallway. "Anytime now Advisor…"
When the first infected appeared, Flay didn't hesitate and fired at it. Dropping down dead. More came out of the darkness like a swarm of ants. The screams and scratches they made with every step they took, all being focused down the couple's ears in what seems to be an attempt to scare them into submission.
The red hair did not have any of that as she is now a woman of focus with determination and will. She unleashed a trail of death at them. Many fell by her attacks and many more took the fallen place but to end up the same as their fallen once more with each shot made contact with them, each them fell as if they were not even trying.
The horde tried, the horde fell, the horde moved, the horde stopped and the horde began to feel. The very essence they managed to forgo their humanity, came back to them. Fear. the very concept that ingrained into their minds that they were the superior being, that they were top of the chain and should not be easily looked down by a natural but yet, here it is.
A natural, born from the genes of a coordinator hating father, fell in love with the very person she should hate and yet here she is. Protecting the person who is trying to get the door open with everything she got, not letting one infected come close to them.
"It's open!" Kira exclaimed excitedly. "Let's go Flay!"
His sweet voice pieces through the gunfire Flay was unleashing upon the enemy. As if time has slowed to a halt. His voice seemingly put her in a trance-like state, causing her to cease her attack and jump into the room as if her life depends on it.
Kira quickly shut the door before the infected got in. Flay sighed in relief as she witnessed the act and took off her helmet.
"That was very scary." Kira commented.
"Yeah… could… have… died… back there." Flay pointed out as she panted.
"Glad that I have an angel to protect me." Kira said with a smile.
"Thanks chessy boy." Flay chuckled as she patted his back.
They went over the controls and found the computer they were looking for.
"Looks like this is the one that controls the firing." Kira pointed out.
Flay cracked her knuckles. "Let's do it then, we're gonna be heroes after this."
"A big house with white picket fences?" Kira grinned at her widely.
Flay chuckled. "Yeah that too also."
The couple began to work on the system.
"Alright Kira, tapping in." Flay said as she began working on her side of the controls.
"Got it! Following on your mark." KIra answered back while working.
"Come on… come on… come on…" Flay muttered as she sped away in her typing skills.
"Flay! I'm done here!" Kira announced.
"Ok! Now wait there at the firing button." Flay ordered. "I'm now getting on the other consoles."
She ran to the other side while her partner was waiting.
"Ready!" Kira shouted.
"Ok! We're gonna have to do this together. The clock is ticking and I'm not enjoying it." Flay answered back.
"Me too, time to save the world." Kira declared.
Flay chuckled. "Tap in, let's get this done. Yeah?"
Kira nodded and began typing.
"Ok, input the code and let the laser strike the big fat target." Flay ordered.
"Done!" Kira exclaimed.
"Ok, now we need it in diagnostic mode so I can bypass the login." Flay commanded him. "Hit the clear and mode key at the same time."
Kira nodded and did so.
"Done!" Flay exclaimed but was stunned a bit. "Wait. what's happening?"
"Erm… hang on, time to do some little techno wizardry." Kira began cracking the program.
A few seconds later the screen changes back, making Flay sighed in relief.
"Zaft usually has a built-in system to protect such cracking." Kira explained.
"Did I tell you I love you so much?" Flay smiled widely.
"Many times and not enough." Kira smiled back.
Flay turns back to the monitor.
"Ok, now I need the last digit on erm… row two. Column one." Flay ordered.
"It's the letter c." Kira answered.
"Perfect." Flay stated as the target changed towards the giant ELS. "Target updated. Hit the execute button Kira and we are done."
Kira did so and the laser began to charge.
"Let's enjoy our work, darling." Flay said as she got close to the young boy.
The couple watched as the laser fired directly at the monster, instantly tearing it apart. The spectacular explosion followed suit with what appears to be fireworks displays adding to it.
"Wow…" Kira watched in amazement.
"Didn't expect that to happen." Flay stated as they continued to watch the display.
Suddenly the room's alarm began to sound off.
"What's going on?" Kira wondered as he started to panic.
His answer came when the display began showing a countdown timer, T-minus ten minutes.
"You have got to be kidding me…" Flay muttered.
Another came when there was a bang at the door. Flay quickly put back her helmet on and aimed her rifle at the door. The door came crashing down and Flay fired a shot but stopped a second time when she heard a voice.
"Don't shoot! Friendlies! Friendlies!"
Her commandos and her advisor came to view, making her sighed in relief.
"Glad you guys made it, you miss the show by the way." Flay said
"Jokes can wait ma'am we got to move now." The advisor ordered. "This place has been rigged to blow."
"How?" She pondered.
"Don't know, don't care! So can we leave now?" A commando asked in panic. "I would rather prefer to live than to unlive."
"But we only have ten minutes to get out, it took us thirty to get here." Kira pointed out.
"One hour for our side." A commando added.
"Is there a way to deactivate it?" Flay asked.
"Yes." The advisor answered. "The main power source, just below the control room but it's swarming with the infecteds and they are trying to assimilate it."
Flay nodded the turn to a commando. "Give me your minigun."
"Yes ma'am." The commando threw the weapon to her.
"Flay?" Kira gave a query look at her.
"Advisor, once you and the team get out, order the ships to fire on this place." Flay ordered. "Tell the pilot to not wait."
"I understood ma'am." The advisor nodded.
"Flay, what's going on?" Kira pleaded to her.
Flay sadly smiled at him and pulled him into a hug.
"I'm so sorry my love." Flay whispered.
"Flay? No…no…nonono…" Kira pleaded.
"Tell your parents and your friend, I did my duty to protect you, Alright?" Flay spoke as she pushed him away.
"Flay you can't do this to me!" Kira shouted as he was being dragged away by her commandos.
"I had my happy ending! Now it's your turn!" Flay waved back as he dragged away until he was out of sight.
"You don't have to do this ma'am." Her Advisor spoke.
Flay shook her head. "It is the duty of the higher ranking officer to make sure his or her team makes it out no matter the consequences."
"Do you want me to stay behind at least?" The Advisor asked once more.
"Negative, you got a family to go back to, if my happy ending ends here then so shall it be." Flay said as she loaded the minigun.
"Then I shall wish you my best and godspeed." The advisor saluted and ran off to catch up with the rest.
Flay saluted back and ran the opposite direction.
The red hair reached the elevator and pushed the button to go down. As she was descending slowly, she began to collapse on to the cold hard metal railings as all her emotions started to catch up. Tears started to form on her good eye and then the sobbing began. She let her heart out, finally she thought, at least Kira, her significant other didn't have to see her sorrow with the last memory of his being that of her telling him to find his significant other.
Maybe he will go for her younger self, after all she is just her but younger and more immature. Work needs to be done, she thought but at least it will still be her in a sense. He could also go for the others like the pink princess if things didn't work out with his best friend.
The perfect woman, one that is better than her in every way. She hates it. When she wants to hate her, she wants to become friends with her, when she pushes her, she comes back to her regardless. Flay knew then if she fought for his love, she would lose to her.
"Guess it was never meant to be…" She muttered as the elevator stopped while she looked at the picture that was taken with her and Kira in Orb as he was carrying her in a bridal style.
The door opened, revealing a horde of infecteds waiting for her at the door.
"Didn't say please." Flay smirked as she put back the picture in her pocket and fired the minigun.
The horde went down like flies as she unleashes the heil of lead on to them. They realised they were being attacked and began charging towards her.
Flay quickly took out a grenade and threw it directly into the horde while still shooting with her hand still on the minigun. The grenade exploded, taking out a bunch of them, Flay being the commando she is, took the opportunity and advanced quickly as she jogged towards the power supply. The horde regains focus and charges once more. Flay continues to advance in a sprint and continues to fire the minigun, killing everything in the direction she is facing.
Once she arrived at the station she quickly turned the power off, stopping the timer as the screen on site display shows. Flay sighed in relief and contacted her Advisor.
"Advisor, the power supply is off and the timer has stopped. How far are you, how copy?" Flay asked.
"Solid copy, lieutenant. We are still half way flying out of the rock. Over." The Advisor spoke.
"Understood, holding position until further orders. Over." Flay said as she aimed her minigun.
"Roger and Lieutenant… your partner would like to speak to you." The Advisor said as he passed the comms to Kira.
"Hey Flay…" Kira spoke.
"Hey to you too, handsome." Flay talked back. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to chat with me in my last moments, I don't make very good last speeches."
Kira humorlessly chuckled. "Someone has to be there for you."
Flay laughed. "Then will you be my left eye once more?"
"Gladly, my stupid wife." Kira smiled.
"Glad you knew all along who's the smart one in this relationship." Flay humoured him as she placed the camera feed on her left pocket.
"Alway have." Kira answered back. "Good to go by the way."
Flay laughed and spun her minigun. "Then let's make the end memorable!"
The horde charges, the horde fights back but to end of nothing as she and him became one once more. He directs, she attacks. They are being pushed back. They attempt, they are rejected. He orders, she complies. The horde denies, the horde opposes them. They return the answer in a fury of lead and judgement.
The mingun is now paying in dividends as Flay kill count skyrocketed, not that she cared anymore. All she cared about is for the signal to release her. Then it came.
"Flay… we're out." Kira announced in a sad tone.
"I… understand." Flay replied and smiled. "Good bye, my sweet. And I love you."
"I love you too, Flay." Kira sobbed.
Flay turned the comms channel as she watched her area starting to get compromised.
"Advisor, ordered all ships to fire." Flay ordered.
"On… where ma'am." The Advisor asked but knew the answer.
"On my position." Flay commanded.
"Understood ma'am. May god watch your soul." The advisor said.
The United Nation cruisers fired on Flay's position, causing her area to decompress. She then sucked out into the void of space. She crashes into some of the debris and floats towards one of the cruisers.
The ships continue to fire at the station while Flay crashes into it and bounces like a ball on top of its hull. Flay continues to bounce along the hull until she manages to grab on to a bar located on the cruiser. She continues to see the cruiser's guns fire and destroy the remainder of the station but one of the debris hits the cruiser, causing Flay to lose her grip on the bar and fly off again into the endless void of space.
A piece of debris hit's Flay's T-visor, cracking it.
Two more pieces of debris hit Flay' visor, damaging it further.
One last piece of debris was about to hit Flay' visor but was stopped by a hand of a mobile suit.
"You alright Flay?" The pilot asked over the comms, the voice revealed to be her grandfather.
Tears came rushing out of her eye. Her saviour has arrived. Flay nodded as an answer as she held her visior, trying to plug the hole that the debris pierced.
"Come, get in here and let's get the hell out of dodge!" he exclaimed as he opened the cockpit.
Flay climbed into the back seat of the unit and it quickly took off in its flight mode.
"Hang on tight Flay!" He ordered "We need to go to mark ten to try to get out of the explosion!"
"Have you ever done a ten?" She asked with curiosity
"Nope! The best I did was a five!" he answered "But what better to try out new things than to practise in a life and death situation!"
Flay laughed as the unit sped up with the help of the trans-arm system activated. She held the handles as the g force started to get strong. She watches the screen start showing the numbers going up at an extreme speed and counting as it accelerates from going one to seven point seven in a few seconds. Her grandfathers continued pressing the accelerator and the numbers kept climbing, reaching speeds she had not even tried. Once the number hitted the nine point five mark, everything in the mobile suit begins to shake. Flay turned her head with great difficulty but managed to and saw the back, the explosion is still catching up.
"G-gramps! The explosion is still catching up!"
"G-g-got it! I-i-increasing speed!" he answered "Hold tighter!"
Flay complied and held the handle of her seat for dear life as the machine was being pushed to the limits as best it could with the paint job starting to slowly come off, revealing the cool hard metal skin of the machine. Just then, the system showed the number ten, they had done it. They have reached the speed, resulting in everything around Flay seems to slow down time. She couldn't describe but a sense of pleasure that everything felt light all around her.
The explosion couldn't catch up anymore and slowly rescinded. Leaving the unit alone. Back at the fleet, everyone cheered after seeing that display as the unit flew towards them. Everyone sighed in relief as the unit slowed down to a manageable speed, revealing the units bare coating to be the colour silver.
The moment was short lived however as suddenly they were being attacked from behind. The unit quickly dodge the attacks but it kept coming.
"Flay where's he at?!" Her grandfather shouted
"He's on our six!" She answered back
The unit bled speed and got behind it, revealing to be the providence gundam in all of its glory but it now simmering in red light like a red comet. Flay's grandfather tried to shoot it down but realised he couldn't as he purged all the unit's weapons in order to fast. He pushes the throttle and evades the attack. The gundam follows it, tailing behind them as he begins shooting. Each shot narrowly misses as they dodge the shots.
"Flay, you need to eject!" Her grandfather ordered "When I say eject, you do so ok?!"
"Bu-"
"There's no time! We don't have any weapons to fight this guy!" He retorted and pulled the unit up. "Flay! Eject! Eject now!"
Flay did so but nothing happened.
"Flay, I say eject!"
"I'm trying!" Flay shouted back as she desperately pressed the eject button "It's not working!"
Her grandfather knew this was it.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry darling…" He muttered
The gundam fires its dragoon pod at them. It took aim and fired. The two braced for their deaths but nothing came. The two opened their eyes and saw the dragoon pod was not there but rather another gundam, this time it was theirs as it had a large sword and a GN-Drive engine as the infamous light was trailing behind it.
"Intervention. confirmed . completed." Said the gundam pilot
Flay and her grandfather slowly but surely started chuckling as they would have almost died if it wasn't for the divine intervention of the pilot. As for the providence gundam, it was instantly shot down by the entire United Nation Forces as they barraged it with everything they got. No mercy, until there was confirmation the target was destroyed out of existence.
"Pilot." Flay said over the comms
"Ma'am." The gundam pilot acknowledges
"How are you doing?" Flay casually asked.
"I'm doing good ma'am." The pilot answered back, "I'm doing real good."
The gundam gave a nod with its head to the brave unit.
"I'll see you back on the boat." The pilot stated and left them
The gundam was the first to land safely on the HMS carrier without issue as it landed the entire crew aboard the carrier cheered for the pilot saving their beloved commander and heroine. Next came their turn. Flay contacted the control tower of the carrier.
"This is Lieutenant Flay allster, we are badly damaged, requesting safety net and barricade, we got no brakes and our landing gear is damaged, over." Flay stated
"Copy that." The operator acknowledged. "Deck crew! Barricade! Barricade!"
The crew on deck went to work as they began setting up the net. Once done the radio back and the control tower gave the all green light for them to land. Not before Flay's grandfather made a dangerous close pass on the control tower which made everyone duck their head. As they came in on approach, one of their engines gave out.
"I'm not telling you anything about the engine grandpa." Flay said.
"Ok, you are not telling me anything about the engine." Her grandfather laughed.
The unit landed on the deck hard, causing the pilots to jerk in the cockpit as it skit across the runway without resistance until it hit the net. The unit instantly stopped by it, indicating they landed safely.
"Another happy landing." both said and laughed.
"You good?" Flay's grandfather asked as he looked at the back
"Yeah I'm good." Flay gave him a thumb's up.
The crew jumped out and floated towards the downed unit and got them out. They cheered and carried them on their shoulders while some went and hugged them which they gladly returned. It wasn't until they saw a certain young boy, standing right there, that the crew of the carrier parted and gave way for them. Flay saw him and slowly walked towards him while Kira did the same. What became from walking became a sprint and the two embraced each other. He hugged tightly, not wanting to let her go all the while the crew cheered them on.
"I'm… home Kira." Flay stated as she started sobbing
"Welcome home, my Flay." He answered back as he struggle to hold back his tears
"Told you I'll be back handsome."
Kira pressed his head against hers while their helmets were protecting them from the vacuum of space.
"Never ever do that again."
Flay chuckled "Only because you said so."
The couple kept embarrassing each other into the day while the crew kept cheering on. The war on the ELS in this timeline is officially over.
As time passes, Flay is getting ready for her big day as she puts on her make up carefully with the help of her best friend and her younger self. This is it, she told herself as she adjusted her dress before doing anything else.
"Excited Flay?" her best Mirrillia asked
Flay nervously nodded
"Don't worry you got this girl." she stated as she helped her to put on the infamous veil.
"What happens if he rejects me?" She asked
"Really? After all, have you and him been together? You're asking now just before your big moment?"
"Knowing him, he won't" her younger self stated "AAfter all we both know he had a crush on us so I highly doubt he will abandon us."
"Yea… What if-"
"Ok! I'm pushing myself out!" her younger self declared "I'm already technically sacrificing my interest for you and we are literally the same person!"
The young woman just did that with herself as she forcefully pushed her to the door. The wooden structure gave way and the first person to greet her was her father who was ready to escort her down the aisle.
"You ready dear?" Her father asked with a sincere smile
"Yea… I guess I am." Flay answered as she gave the sting eye to younger herself
"You look great by the way."
"Thanks old man." she answered "You don't too bad yourself"
He chuckled "Your Grandfather did insist on making me wear this, though I must say the pants are a bit too tight especially around the rear and it's getting into places that it shouldn't."
"Ewww… dad… stop it. You're embarrassing me." she stated
He laughed, "Just kidding, well for the most part."
"Seriously?" Flay said deadpanned
He laughed even harder this time which resulted in the red haired woman smacking his head as they walked down the aisle.
"Sorry… it's just i'm really happy for you." her father said
"Is this one of your coping mechanisms that im marrying someone that you would not approve of?"
He shook his head "I have already left that thinking way back after meeting them and the man isn't so bad once you get to know him. Plus he did cry for you on the bridge so I say he has my approval."
Flay this time smiled "Thanks dad. I bet mom will be proud of you."
"I'm sure she is."
They made it to the altar where Kira was waiting for them. Her father passed her hand to Kira and the latter gladly took it, as if they were passing the torch in the marathon. He slowly removed the veil and was stunned by the beauty that was right in front of him.
"Wow… you look beautiful." Kira stated
"Thanks handsome." Flay answered. "You look very handsome yourself."
"T-t-thanks Flay."
The head priest coughed, causing them to turn towards him.
"Shall we begin?" the Priest asked
Both stare at each other then to the crowd which consist of their friends and family but also a lot of the United Nation forces personnels. None made a sound and movement as all were waiting for the big moment to happen between them.
The couple nodded at each other and turn back to the priest
"We are." both said simultaneously
"Alright." the priest began "Dear beloved, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony."
The priest turns towards Kira, "Kira Yamato, do you take this woman to be your wife, to live together in holy matrimony, to love her, to honour her, to comfort her, and to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do." Kira answered quickly
The priest turns to Flay, "Flay Allster, do you take this man to be your husband, to live together in holy matrimony, to love him, to honour him, to comfort him, and to keep him in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do." Flay answered quickly
"Repeat after me." The priest ordered to Kira
"I, Kira Yamato, take you Flay Allster, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part."
"I, Kira Yamato, take you Flay Allster, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part." Kira repeated
"Repeat after me." The priest ordered to Flay
"I, Flay Allster, take you Kira Yamato, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part."
"I, Flay Allster, take you Kira Yamato, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part." Flay repeated
"Exchange the Rings." the priest ordered
The couple did so as the world watched them.
"Repeat after me." The priest ordered to Kira
"I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love."
"I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love." Kira repeated
"Repeat after me." The priest ordered to Flay
"I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love."
"I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love." Flay repeated
"Now , please join hands." He ordered and the couple did so, "By virtue of the authority vested in
me under the laws of the United Nation, I now pronounce you husband and wife."
The priest turns to Kira "You may kiss the bride."
The young man glady did so and grabbed Flay by the waist and pulled her into a deep kiss, the crowd cheered and clapped as they watched the most memorable event happen right in front of them while parents and grandparents from both sides cried as they watched them officially become husband and wife. While this was happening, The woman returned in kind as she did the same but not to be out done by someone younger and less experienced, she took the lead and forced the young man to bend on his back rather than hers to which he complied, sealing the deed.
As time passed, the United Nations expeditionary force proved the right to win in no uncertain terms. The forces ability to organise and reform the locals forces that is deemed useless, did not go unnoticed by the elected governors, their efforts did not fail to rise in time beyond the role as defenders to the system. During the time they were there, they busied themselves in post-war reconstruction.
Thankfully, the ELS that plagued the system, vanished on their own accord. The planet earth is suitable for resettlement, only the area where the PLANT colonies had been, did not feel the commotion of construction, mining and terraforming, for this area was left largely barren. Who could say, what else is there in the dark void of space.
In time, the system became a proud United Nation's hub and famed training Academies turned out superior infantry and pilot officers second only to the home planet itself. The system became home to proud human populations, naturals and coordinators devoted to the United Nation, in these times it would be hard to imagine that a bloody war had been fought or that ELS had ever been there.
The story ends as Flay has completed her journey, this is the story she always wanted. After all, not many people could say the same after getting a second chance at something and come out on top of it. There are still many questions still left unanswered, she thought. What was her actual story, what was the end for her? Was she supposed to die in Alaska? Or somewhere else? How about the ELS?
Some many questions, so little answers. Flay doesn't care as she watches her husband, Kira. playing with the kids. Years have passed and time has been rather faithful to her as it allows her to settle down and have a family. A big house, white picket fences , two cats, a dog and a parrot with two beautiful children, life was perfect for Flay and Kira and they wouldn't have it any other way after all who is she to question such generosity as she watches a squad of Brave units flew over her as they began their teleportation to save another world. Life goes on, she thought as she saluted to the squadron as they disappeared into the light, not caring whether they saw her. After all, tomorrow is another day.
End.
Author's Note: Hey! Hey! Everybody! I have returned! And I'm gone again. It's been wow… err… how long, lets see last story post in 2017 and now is well… 2022… somehow, somewhere, i fuked up didn't i?
In any case this is a story I actually had in mind for a very long time, and what better way to get back into the groove than to start at the series that has been long forgotten… This is a very good start. Fml… I'm sure the fans from my old story will come to read this one… I think… ah we will see.. I'm too deep in this already to back out.
I'm also shoving everything in one block rather than breaking it down into several chapters because one I'm lazy and two it's easier for me to track the stats.
Well… anyways… I would not have written if it weren't because of my lovely wife who looks exactly like Tracer and my beautiful daughter who also for some reason looks and acts like Flay… and my lovely furball cat that my wife named it coffee cat. Cause in Cantonese coffee sounds like garfield. Smart.
Yes I'm living in a yoghurt commercial, bite me for being one of the reasons why I don't write stories anymore.
As for the other two stories… I don't think I'll be able to finish them since I don't remember the plot much. Same for this one actually i kind of half leg it here and fill in the plot with something called imagination. I literally forgot why the bloody station exploded and why some scenarios didn't make sense and no I'm not planning to watch all the episodes of Gundam Seed again. Reliving the death of your favourite character kind of hurts and I have no bloody time to do such luxury with a job and family etc… I blame my furball for this… also.
So I would like to thank everyone who supported my past stories and the many reviews that funded the fuel for my muse in continuing to write this lovely story.
Looking at you, Overwatch Fan cheers for sticking around till the end.
See you all maybe in the next few years.
